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Issue: Vol. 5538 No. 4: 18 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.4.1
Page range: 301-321
Abstract views: 2313
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A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany
Alfred-Döblin-Str. 68; 59192 Bergkamen; Germany
Alt Praunheim 45; 60488 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany
Reptilia Cryptic species diversity Rhacodactylus willihenkeli sp. nov.

Abstract

We describe a new species of giant gecko, Rhacodactylus willihenkeli sp. nov. from New Caledonia. The new species is most similar in external appearance and molecular data (16S and ND2 sequences) with R. leachianus from which it differs in coloration as well as having a genetic distance of 5.0% in the 16S gene fragment and 8.5% in the ND2 fragment, respectively.

 

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