Gehyra georgpotthasti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species: Gehyra georgpotthasti

Name

Gehyra georgpotthasti Flecks, Schmitz, Böhme, Henkel & Ineich, 2012

Holotype: ZFMK 91004; adult male, with hemipenes everted and tongue stuck out, F. W. Henkel.

Type locality: Loyalty Islands, dudun Island, off the coast of Maré, 21°21’36”S, 167°43’48”E.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Mr. Georg Potthast, in recognition of financial support for biodiversity research and nature conservation through the BIoPAt programme.

Mentions

Gehyra vorax – Boulenger, 1883: 119
Gehyra vorax — Boulenger, 1885: 153 (partim)
Gehyra vorax — Strauch, 1887: 29 (partim)
Gehyra vorax — Roux, 1913: 104
Gehyra vorax — de Rooij, 1915: 45 (partim)
Gehyra vorax — Baker, 1928: 297
Gehyra vorax — Beckom, 1992: 450 (partim)
Gehyra vorax — Sadlier & Bauer, 1997: 80
Gehyra vorax — Bauer & Sadlier, 2000: 118
Gehyra vorax — Ineich 2011: 198
Gehyra georgpotthasti Flecks, Schmitz, Böhme, Henkel & Ineich, 2012

References

Flecks M., Schmitz A., Böhme W., Henkel F.W. & Ineich I., 2012: A new species of Gehyra Gray, 1834 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu, and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Gehyra in Melanesia. Zoosystema, 34(2): 203–221. DOI: 10.5252/z2012n2a1.