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Issue: Vol. 4350 No. 1: 16 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.5
Page range: 91–105
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A new species of Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160.
School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Labtek XI Building, 10 Jalan Ganesa, Bandung 40132, Indonesia. Centrum für Naturkunde, Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Centrum für Naturkunde, Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jalan Raya Bogor-Jakarta Km. 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160.
Loka Konservasi Biota Laut Tual, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jl. Merdeka, Watdek—Tual, Maluku Tenggara 97611, Indonesia.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3160.
Reptilia Wallacea Phylogenetics Gecko Luperosaurus Pseudogekko Moluccas intertidal pantai

Abstract

Lepidodactylus pantai is a new species of gecko from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia that is closely associated with intertidal habitats. This species does not fit cleanly into any of the three species groups described for the genus because it possesses the unique combination of both divided terminal scansors on all toes and a nearly completely cylindrical tail without fringes or evidence of dorsoventral compression. A phylogenetic analysis including this species demonstrates that it is the sister taxon of a population from Palau, and that this clade is sister to the clade containing Group III species for which we have molecular data.

 

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