Lepidodactylus lugubris

Measurements. SVL 41.3 (mm), TrL 19.9, TL 27.6 (regeneration), TW 5.2, FA 5.2, CS 6.0, HL 9.9, HW 8.4, Ear 0.5, EE 3.0, EY 2.5, SN 5.4, EN 4.0, IN 2.0, RW 1.5, RH 0.7, MW 1.0, ML 0.7, T 4 L 3.8, T 4 W 1.2, T 4 lamellaeL 2.4, T 3 T 4 webL 0.9, T 4 T 5 webL 1.0.

Sumber: First record of Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril & Bibron, 1836) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China

Morphological description. Morphological characters of the specimen agreed well with the Dumeril and Bibron's original description (translated by Amarasinghe et al. 2009) and subsequent description of Zhao et al. (1999) in Chinese. A mature female of medium size (SVL 41.3 mm, TrL 19.9 mm); head depressed, longer than wide (HL / HW 1.17), distinct from neck; snout tapered and rounded at tip, relatively long (SN / HL 0.54), approximately twice of eye diameter (SN / EY 2.2); rostral quadrangular, nearly twice ae wide as high (RW / RH 2.02) and wider than mental (RW / MW 1.53), touching first supralabial and supranasal on each side; nostrils oval, rounded by rostral, first supralabial, supranasal, and two nasals posteriorly; posterior nasal region concave; internasals 2; preorbitals 14 / 14, preorbital region concave; eye large (EY / HL 0.25, EY / EN 0.63), pupil vertical, elliptic; ear opening small (Ear / HL 0.053), oval, horizontal, smaller than eye (Ear / EY 0.21); distance between ear and eye slightly larger than eye diameter (EE / EY 1.20); mental pentagonal, wider than long (MW / ML 1.51); mental bordered posteriorly by three rows of enlarged gulars that are followed by smaller granular chin scales, distinct chin shields absent; supralabials 12 / 12; infralabials 9 / 9. Body elongated (TrL / SVL 0.48); dorsal scales on head, body, limbs, and throat smooth, granular and juxtaposed in row; tubercles absent; ventrals distinctly larger than dorsal scales, flat, smooth, imbricate, gradually becoming granular from the middle to the sides; ventral scale rows at midbody 41; scale rows around midbody 119; ventral scales in a row between mental and cloacal 167; precloacal scales enlarged, but no enlarged scales on thighs; six rows tiny scales between enlarged precloacal scales and vent; scales on palms and soles smooth; precloacal or femoral pores absent. Fore- and hindlimbs relatively small but well-developed (FA / SVL 0.12, CS / SVL 0.14); digits well-developed, moderately dilated (T 4 W / T 4 L 0.32); all fingers and toes with claws, except the first; claws laterally depressed, extending slightly beyond terminal lamellae; subdigital lamellae narrow and smooth, II-V fingers and toes with 4 divided terminal lamellae, I fingers and toes with undivided terminal lamellae; lamellae extend for more than half length of each toe (T 4 lamellaeL / T 4 L 0.63); lamellae under first finger 9 / 9, under fourth finger 15 / 15, under first toe 12 / 12, under fourth toe 12 / 12; relative lengths of digits on manus and pes I <II <V <III <IV; web present on fingers and toes, toes only one-fifth webbed (T 3 T 4 webL / T 4 L 0.21). Tail regenerated behind cloacal sacs, moderately laterally depressed, significantly shorter than body (TL / SVL 0.67), relatively wide (TW / SVL 0.13); tail slightly thickened at base, postcloacal tubercles absent; caudals small, flat, smooth, larger than dorsals, slightly larger ventrally than dorsally; divided terminal (Figs 2, 3).