Changning slender gecko
The Changning slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Yunnan, China.[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]
| Changning slender gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemiphyllodactylus |
| Species: | H. changningensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Guo, Zhou, Yan, & Li, 2015 | |
References
- Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- GUO, WEIBO; ZHOU, KAIYA; YAN, JIE; LI, PENG (2015-06-23). "<strong>A new species of <em>Hemiphyllodactylus</em> Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China</strong>". Zootaxa. 3974 (3): 377. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
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