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Issue: Vol. 3736 No. 1: 11 Nov. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.5
Page range: 089–098
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Hanoi National University, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, Vietnam Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024
Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Vietnam
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany.
Slender Gecko karst forest phylogeny taxonomy Cao Bang Province Ha Lang District

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus on the basis of four specimens from Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam. Hemiphyllodactylus zugi sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining congeners by a combination of the following characters: a bisexual taxon; average SVL of adult males 41 mm, of adult female 46.6 mm; chin scales bordering mental and first infralabial distinctly enlarged; digital lamellae formulae 3-4-4-4 (forefoot) and 4-5-5-5 (hindfoot); femoral and precloacal pore series continuous, 18–21 in total in males, absent in female; cloacal spur single in males; dorsal trunk pattern of dark brown irregular transverse bands; dark lateral head stripe indistinct; upper zone of flank with a series of large light spots, edged above and below in dark grey; caecum and gonadal ducts unpigmented.