A new species of karst-adapted gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, <i>Gekko</i>) from Guangxi, southern China.

ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768, Gekkofengshanensis sp. nov., is described based on six specimens from Fengshan County, Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is placed into the subgenus Japonigekko based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, and distinguished from consubgeners of Japonigekko by a combination of morphological characters in body size, cephalic proportions, and pholidosis features. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial 16S and ND2 sequences reveal that G.fengshanensis sp. nov. forms a sister relationship with G.kwangsiensis, collectively forming a clade with G.liboensis and G.paucituberculatus endemic to southern China's karst ecosystems. This discovery incr

SUBMITTER: Huang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12284587 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature