A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Thailand

Grismer LL 1 , Wood PL 2 , Cota M 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA. Institute for Environment and Development, (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Email: lgrismer@lasierra.edu
  • 2 Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602 USA.; Email: pwood@byu.edu
  • 3 Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand. Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sundandha Rajabhat University, 1 U-thong Nok Rd, Dusit, Bangkok 10300; Email: herpetologe@gmail.com
Zootaxa, 2014;3760:67-78.
PMID: 24870072 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.4

Abstract

A new species of gekkonid, Hemiphyllodactylus chiangmaiensis sp. nov., from northwestern Thailand is separated from all other species of Hemiphyllodactylus by a set of features including: a maximum SVL of 41.2 mm; 8-12 chin scales extending transversely from unions of second and third infralabials and posterior margin of mental; lamellar formula on hand 3-3-3-3 or 3-4-3-3; lamellar formula on foot 3-3-3-3 or 3-4-4-4; continuous precloacal and femoral pores; a unique dorsal color pattern; and caecum and oviducts pigmented. These characters place this species in the speciose H. typus group. Hemiphyllodactylus chiangmaiensis sp. nov. fills a biogeographical hiatus in the distribution of this genus across northern Indochina.

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