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| Gehyra wongchan Pauwels, Meesook, Kunya, Donbundit & Sumontha, 2022 |
Abstract
We describe Gehyra wongchan sp. nov. from Tham Khao Chan (Khao Chan Cave), Tha Luang District, and Wat Khao Wong, Kok Samrong District, in Lopburi Province, central Thailand. The new species differs from all currently recognized Gehyra by the following combination of morphological characters and dorsal color pattern: maximal known snout–vent length of 52.4 mm, 8–10 supralabials, 76–80 dorsal and 48–50 ventral scale rows around midbody, absence of skin folds on limbs, 17 or 18 preanofemoral pores in males in a continuous series extending to mid-length of 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 white spots as large or larger than adjacent crescentic black markings on a beige to light-brown background.
Keywords: Reptilia, Gehyra wongchan sp. nov., taxonomy, morphology, karst, cave, Saraburi Group Limestones
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| Live adult male holotype (CUMZ-R-2598) of Gehyra wongchan sp. nov. in situ before capture. Photograph by M. Sumontha. |
Gehyra wongchan sp. nov.
Gehyra cf. angusticaudata –– Meesook et al. 2021: 322.
Etymology. The specific epithet wongchan is a name in apposition, invariable, based on the contraction of the localities of the paratypes (Wat Khao Wong) and of the holotype (Tham Khao Chan). In Thai wongchan also means the Moon, in reference to the typical crescent-shaped marks on the nape and dorsum of the new species.
We suggest the following common names: จิ้งจกหินวงจันทร์ (Djing-djok-hin wongchan ; Thai); Lunulate Four-clawed Gecko (English) , and Gehyra lunulée (French) .
Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Worawitoo Meesook, Kirati Kunya, Nattasuda Donbundit and Montri Sumontha. 2022. A New Four-clawed Gecko from Limestone Hills in Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa. 5115(1); 511-531. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.3
