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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 2: 14 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.12
Page range: 381-395
Abstract views: 347
PDF downloaded: 11

A new limestone-dwelling Four-clawed Gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra)

Faculty of Science and Technology; Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya; 109 M. 2; Tham Yai Subdistrict; Thung Song District; Nakhon Si Thammarat Province 80110; Thailand.
Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Khon Kaen University; Muang; Khon Kaen 40002; Thailand.
44/56 Ban Nong Ped Nam; Kok Kruad; Muang; Nakhon Ratchasima 30280; Thailand.
44/56 Ban Nong Ped Nam; Kok Kruad; Muang; Nakhon Ratchasima 30280; Thailand.
65 M.7; Tha Ang; Chok Chai; Nakhon Ratchasima 30190; Thailand.
Environmental Science Program; Department of Applied Science; Faculty of Science and Technology; Loei Rajabhat University; Loei; 42000; Thailand.
Environmental Science Program; Department of Applied Science; Faculty of Science and Technology; Loei Rajabhat University; Loei; 42000; Thailand.
EEST Energy Services (Thailand) Limited; Rasa Tower II; Unit No. 2501-2502; 25th Floor; 555; Phaholyothin Rd.; Chatuchak; Bangkok 10900; Thailand.
25/9 Thetsaban Road 3 ; Thamai District; Chanthaburi Province; Thailand 22120.
Ranong Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center; 157 Chaloem Phrakiat Rd.; Paknam; Muang; Ranong 85000; Thailand.
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Rue Vautier 29; B-1000 Brussels; Belgium.
Reptilia Gehyra shiva sp. nov. taxonomy morphology karst cave

Abstract

We describe Gehyra shiva sp. nov. from limestone cave and hills in Khlong Hat District, Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand, near the border with Cambodia. The new species differs from all currently recognized Southeast Asian Gehyra by the following combination of morphological characters and dorsal color pattern: maximal known snout–vent length of 53.8 mm, 8–10 supralabials, 54–67 dorsal and 46–56 ventral scale rows around midbody, absence of skin folds on limbs, 34–37 preanofemoral pores in males in a continuous series extending along the whole length of the femur (pores absent in females), tail not to moderately widened behind vent in adults, a single row of widened subcaudals, digits and toes unwebbed, 7 or 8 divided subdigital lamellae on 4th toe, and a dorsal pattern with five regular dark brown bands between limb insertions, separated or not by pairs of large, white round paravertebral spots.

 

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