Post by Ceratodromeus on Jan 5, 2016 8:18:17 GMT 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass:Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species: G. kwangsiensis
Description
This species of gecko is a relatively new discovery, discovered in China earlier this year. It is a small,slender species of Gekko that is figured to be a rock dwelling specialist, living in and around large rocky outcrops. It is distinguishible from other similar members of the Geckko genus via its dorsal coloration and posessing dorsal (and pre-cloacal) tubercles. Like most other small gecko species, the Kwangsi gecko feeds almost entirely on small invertebrates.
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A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Guangxi, China
Abstract
A new species of the genus Gekko is described on the basis of six specimens from Wuming county of Guangxi, southern
China. Gekko kwangsiensis sp. nov. is distinguished from other congeners by a combination of the following characters:
body relatively small (SVL 64.2–69.7 mm in adults), slender; nares in contact with rostral; internasal absent or single;
postmentals two (rarely three), enlarged; interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 29–31; dorsal tubercle
rows 9–11; ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 185–208; midbody scale rows 143–156; ventral scale rows
41–45; subdigital lamellae on first toe 11–13, on fourth toe 13–18; finger and toe webbing weakly developed; tubercles
absent on upper surface of fore limbs and hind limbs; precloacal pores nine or ten in males, absent in females; postcloacal
tubercle single; tubercles present on dorsal surface of tail base; subcaudals enlarged; dorsal surface of body with 9 or 10
thin light bands between nape and sacrum, and dorsal surface of tail with remarkable black and white bands. Data on the
natural history of the new species are provided, and the number of species in the genus Gekko recorded from China is now
17.
