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A new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China

  • Yixue Zhang
  • Zhihao Jiang1
  • Ruyi Huang2
  • Song Huang1
  • Jingjing Yang1
  • Haoyu Wu
  • Zifang Ding
  • Wenrong Liu
  • Yudong Zhang
  • Hailong Wu
  1. 1The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University Wuhu China https://ror.org/05fsfvw79
  2. 2Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai China https://ror.org/04n40zv07
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Abstract

This study describes a new gecko species, Gekko luanchuanensissp. nov., from Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from its congeners of the subgenus Japonigekko by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) body size moderate; (2) nostrils fused with the snout scale; (3) interorbitals 23–25; (4) tubercles small and sparse, with dorsal tubercles not forming rows at midbody; (5) midbody scale rows 141–157; (6) ventral scale rows 35–37; (7) limbs with an absence of tubercles; (8) subdigital lamellae numbers 9–11 on finger I, 10–14 on finger IV, 9–10 on toe I, and 9–13 on toe IV; (9) webbing absent; (10) precloacal pores 6–8; (11) postcloacal tubercles two on each side; (12) 6–8 dark-gray stripes on the dorsum. Phylogenetic analyses of concatenated mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (16S) and Cytochrome b (Cytb) gene fragments revealed that this new species forms an independent clade with strong support, and the most closely related species is Gekko swinhonis, with an uncorrected p-distance of 13.99%. The discovery of the new species increases the number of recognized Gekko species worldwide to 102, the number of species worldwide in the subgenus Japonigekko to 40, and the number of Japonigekko species in China to 28.

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@article{zhang2026species,
  title = {{A new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China}},
  author = {Yixue Zhang and Zhihao Jiang and Ruyi Huang and Song Huang and Jingjing Yang and Haoyu Wu and Zifang Ding and Wenrong Liu and Yudong Zhang and Hailong Wu},
  journal = {ZooKeys},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1296.206148},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1296.206148},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China
AU  - Yixue Zhang
AU  - Zhihao Jiang
AU  - Ruyi Huang
AU  - Song Huang
AU  - Jingjing Yang
AU  - Haoyu Wu
AU  - Zifang Ding
AU  - Wenrong Liu
AU  - Yudong Zhang
AU  - Hailong Wu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/28
JO  - ZooKeys
DO  - 10.3897/zookeys.1296.206148
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1296.206148
AB  - This study describes a new gecko species, Gekko luanchuanensissp. nov., from Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from its congeners of the subgenus Japonigekko by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) body size moderate; (2) nostrils fused with the snout scale; (3) interorbitals 23–25; (4) tubercles small and sparse, with dorsal tubercles not forming rows at midbody; (5) midbody scale rows 141–157; (6) ventral scale rows 35–37; (7) limbs with an absence of tubercles; (8) subdigital lamellae numbers 9–11 on finger I, 10–14 on finger IV, 9–10 on toe I, and 9–13 on toe IV; (9) webbing absent; (10) precloacal pores 6–8; (11) postcloacal tubercles two on each side; (12) 6–8 dark-gray stripes on the dorsum. Phylogenetic analyses of concatenated mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (16S) and Cytochrome b (Cytb) gene fragments revealed that this new species forms an independent clade with strong support, and the most closely related species is Gekko swinhonis, with an uncorrected p-distance of 13.99%. The discovery of the new species increases the number of recognized Gekko species worldwide to 102, the number of species worldwide in the subgenus Japonigekko to 40, and the number of Japonigekko species in China to 28.
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