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Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-24
Page range: 485–495
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A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pulau Enggano, southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia

Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA.
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia.
School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia.
School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA.
Gekkonidae Hemiphyllodactylus Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis sp. nov. Sumatra new species

Abstract

A new species of gekkonid lizard Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis sp. nov. from Pulau Enggano, southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia is differentiated from all other congeners by having the unique combination of a maximum SVL of 37.3 mm; six chin scales; no enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; three or four scales between the supranasals; 12 supralabials; 24 dorsal scales; 15 ventral scales; a lamellar hand formula of 4554 or 4454; a lamellar foot formula of 4555; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger; four or five subdigital lamellae on the first toe; a continuous, femoroprecloacal pore series of 42; five cloacal spurs in males; no enlarged subcaudal scales; no dark postorbital stripes or striping on body; small dark blotches on dorsum; a yellowish postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms; and a pigmented caecum and gonads. Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis sp. nov. is part of the speciose H. typus group.