Changning slender gecko

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Changning slender gecko
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemiphyllodactylus
Species:
H. changningensis
Binomial name
Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis
Guo, Zhou, Yan, & Li, 2015

The Changning slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Yunnan, Chin. [1] In Changning County, western Yunnan, specimens were found of an unnamed species of Hemiphyllodactylus were described as "a slender body and unique U-shaped digital lamellae". This is the first known species of any known Hemiphyllodactylus from this population, thus being described as a new species. [2]

References

  1. Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. GUO, WEIBO; ZHOU, KAIYA; YAN, JIE; LI, PENG (2015-06-23). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China" . Zootaxa. 3974 (3): 377–390. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.5. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26249911.