A new Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from New Guinea with unique caudal scalation

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Skipwith, Phillip L., Oliver, Paul M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2014
• Subjects: Gekkonidae; Reptilia; Triton; Triton Bay
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3827.1.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.5

We describe a new species of gekkonid gecko in the genus Gehyra from West Papua, Indonesia. Gehyra serraticauda sp. nov. keys to Gehyra, but is distinct from all known species; most notably, it is characterised by a continuous fringe of prominent acuminate lateral scales running the length of the ta...