Discovery of a new lizard species from Ba Na – Nui Chua Nature Reserve in Da Nang province
The new spcecies, Hemiphyllodactylus banaensis sp. nov. Ngô, Grismer, Phạm & Wood Jr. 2014, can be distinguished from all other congeners by having the unique combination of a maximum snout-vent length of 48.2 mm in males and 51.0 mm in females; seven chin scales extending transversely from the union of the first and second infralabials and posterior margin of mental; enlarged postmental scales; 9–12 supralabials; 9–11 infralabials; 18–20 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter; 9-12 ventscales; 20–21 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males and 0–20 contiguous pore-bearing precloacal scales in females; dorsal pattern on body composed of transverse blotches and two whitish stripes across shoulder extending to sacrum; postsacral mark whitish brown and bearing anteriorly projecting arms; and caecum and oviducts unpigmented.
Edited by Minh Tam
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