Changning slender gecko
Appearance
Changning slender gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemiphyllodactylus |
Species: | H. changningensis
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Binomial name | |
Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Guo, Zhou, Yan, & Li, 2015
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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]
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.