Gehyra serraticauda Skipwith & Oliver, 2014, sp. nov. ...

Gehyra serraticauda sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) Holotype. MCZ R7314, adult male, purchased from Antwerp Edgar Pratt and with collection locality recorded as Fakfak, Onin Peninsula (~2°55'"S, 132°18'E), West Papua Province, Indonesia. Date of original collection unknown, but lodged in the MCZ...

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Main Authors: Skipwith, Phillip L., Oliver, Paul M.
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Published: Zenodo 2014
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5663580
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5663580
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Summary:Gehyra serraticauda sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) Holotype. MCZ R7314, adult male, purchased from Antwerp Edgar Pratt and with collection locality recorded as Fakfak, Onin Peninsula (~2°55'"S, 132°18'E), West Papua Province, Indonesia. Date of original collection unknown, but lodged in the MCZ collection in 1909. Additional material. Uncollected specimen, from near Kamaka (formerly Warika) Village, 45 km SSE of Kaimana, Triton Bay, (03°46’14”S, 134°10’14”E), West Papua Province, Indonesia, 150–160 m a.s.l., collected, photographed and released by Dmitry Telnov, 10 September 2010. Diagnosis. Gehyra serraticauda is distinguished from other Gehyra species by the following suite of characters: moderately large size (91 mm SVL), prominent popliteal fold on the hindlimbs, high number of digital lamellae (finger IV = 16, toe IV = 17), distal lamellae deeply notched, rostral concave, supranasals small and widely separated by numerous small internasals, preanal pores arranged in a long single continuous chevron (36), and ... : Published as part of Skipwith, Phillip L. & Oliver, Paul M., 2014, A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation, pp. 57-66 in Zootaxa 3827 (1) on pages 58-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/286487 ...