Yang Jian-Huan
Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong, P.R. China.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Mar 19;3936(2):287-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.9.
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.
基于采自中国南方广西武鸣县的6个标本，描述了壁虎属的一个新物种。广西壁虎新种（Gekko kwangsiensis sp. nov.）与其他同属物种的区别在于具有以下综合特征：身体相对较小（成年个体的体长为64.2 - 69.7毫米），较为细长；鼻孔与吻鳞相接；鼻间鳞缺如或单枚；颏后鳞两枚（极少为三枚），增大；两眼间前角之间的眶间鳞29 - 31枚；背部瘤鳞列9 - 11列；颏部至泄殖腔裂口之间的腹鳞185 - 208枚；体中部鳞列143 - 156列；腹侧鳞列41 - 45列；第一趾下瓣11 - 13枚，第四趾下瓣13 - 18枚；指、趾蹼不发达；前肢和后肢上表面无瘤；雄性泄殖腔前孔9或10个，雌性无；泄殖腔后瘤单枚；尾基部背面有瘤；尾下鳞增大；身体背面在颈背至骶部之间有9或10条细浅色带，尾部背面有明显的黑白相间条纹。提供了该新物种的自然史数据，目前中国记录的壁虎属物种数量为17种。
