Nguyen Truong Quang, Lehmann Tanja, Le Minh Duc, Duong Ha Thuy, Bonkowski Michael, Ziegler Thomas
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany; Email:
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Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 11;3736:89-98. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.5.
We describe a new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus on the basis of four specimens from Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam. Hemiphyllodactylus zugi sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining congeners by a combination of the following characters: a bisexual taxon; average SVL of adult males 41 mm, of adult female 46.6 mm; chin scales bordering mental and first infralabial distinctly enlarged; digital lamellae formulae 3-4-4-4 (forefoot) and 4-5-5-5 (hindfoot); femoral and precloacal pore series continuous, 18-21 in total in males, absent in female; cloacal spur single in males; dorsal trunk pattern of dark brown irregular transverse bands; dark lateral head stripe indistinct; upper zone of flank with a series of large light spots, edged above and below in dark grey; caecum and gonadal ducts unpigmented.
