Gekko canaensis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. canaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gekko canaensis (Ngo V. T. & Gamble T., 25/5/2011)[1] | |
Gekko canaensis is a species in Gekko genus, Gekkonidae family, first found from Southern Vietnam in 2011.
Discovery and naming
Field surveys were conducted in May 2006 and June 2010. Species name is on behalf of the location where it was first found - Ca Na cape.
Physical characteristics
SVL to maximum 108.5 mm, dorsal pattern of five to seven white vertebral blotches between nape and sacrum and six to seven pairs of short white bars on flanks between limb insertions, 1–4 internasals, 30–32 ventral scale rows between weak ventrolateral folds, 14–18 precloacal pores in males, 10–14 longitudinal rows of smooth dorsal tubercles, 14–16 broad lamellae beneath digit I of pes, 17–19 broad lamellae beneath digit IV of pes, and a single transverse row of enlarged tubercles along the posterior portion of dorsum of each tail segment[1]
Distribution
in 2011, it was just found in Cà Ná cape, Thuận Nam District, Ninh Thuận Province, Nam Trung Bộ, Vietnam.
References
- 1 2 "Gekko canaensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from southern Vietnam." (Pdf) (Press release). Zootaxa 2890: 53-64. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4/8/2011. Check date values in:
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