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Issue: Vol. 3827 No. 1: 2 Jul. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.4
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

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

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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.
Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany.
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 Luang Prabang Province

Abstract

A new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus is described from Luang Prabang Province, northern Laos. Hemiphyllodactylus kiziriani sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining congeners by morphology, coloration, and a significant genetic divergence of greater than 20% (ND2 gene). The new species from Laos is characterized by the following features: SVL of adult males 35.1–40.1 mm, of adult females 36.3–40.8 mm; dorsal scale rows 18–27; ventral scale rows 11–15; chin scales bordering mental and first infralabial distinctly enlarged; digital lamellae formulae 3-4-4-4 (forefoot) and 4-4/5-4/5-4 (hindfoot); femoral pores 0–4, total precloacal pores 10–13 in males, 8–10 pitted precloacal scales in females; cloacal spurs present in both sexes; dorsal trunk pattern dark brown with two rows of irregular transverse bands; dark lateral head stripe distinct; upper zone of flank with a dark brown stripe; caecum and gonadal ducts unpigmented.