The Gekkonid Lizard of Hemiphyllodactylus Found in Qingyuan,Zhejiang,China
During the fieldwork in November 2022,we collected 10 specimens of the gekkonid genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker,1860(Squamata:Gekkonidae)in Qingyuan,Zhejiang Province,China,and identified them as H.hongkongensis by morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analyses.This is the first record of Hemiphyllodactylus in Zhejiang Province.In this study,the morphological characteristics of our specimens were compared with the type specimens of H.hongkongensis.Using mitochondrial ND2 gene sequences,we performed Bayesian phylogenic analyses in MrBayes 3.1.2 and calculated the uncorrected genetic distances within Hemiphyllodactylus in MEGA 7.All the new sequences in this study have been deposited in GenBank,and the other sequences used were retrieved from GenBank(Appendix 1).The morphological characteristics of the specimens collected in this study were consistent with those of the type specimens of H.hongkongensis:small body size(snout-vent length,SVL 44.44±3.89 mm in adult females,n=6;SVL 44.74±2.97 mm in adult males,n=4);the unique combination of 5 or 6 chin scales;a manual lamellar formula of 3(4)-4-4-4;a pedal lamellar formula of 3(4)-4(5)-4(5)-4(5);24 or 25 continuous femoral and precloacal pores;13-15 dorsal scales contained in diameter of eye;and 9 or 10 ventral scales contained in diameter of eye.In addition,Bayesian phylogenetic analyses recovered a well-supported clade consisting of our specimens and the type specimen of H.hongkongensis from Hong Kong,China(Fig.3).According to ND2,the uncorrected genetic distance between our specimens and the type specimen of H.hongkongensis was 1.6％-1.7％(Appendix 2).In summary,the specimens collected in Qingyuan,Zhejiang Province were determined to be H.hongkongensis,which was the first record in Zhejiang Province.We further updated the elevation-range of H.hongkongensis,which is 550 m higher than the previous record.
HemiphyllodactylusZhejiang ProvinceQingyuan CountyNew record of genus
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