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Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.4
Page range: 67–78
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

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

Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA. Institute for Environment and Development, (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602 USA.
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
Gekkonidae Hemiphyllodactylus Hemiphyllodactylus chiangmaiensis sp. nov. Thailand Chiang Mai new species

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.