Gekko tesselatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Japonigekko)
Species: Gekko tesselatus

Name

Gekko tesselatus Xu, Ma, Cai, Qi, Matsukoji, Poyarkov, Sun, Jiang & Peng in Xu et al., 2025: 2228

• Holotype: CIB 119371 (field no. LFR 2025142), adult ♂, collected by Yuhao Xu, Fanyue Sun and Jiaxiang Wu on 3 August 2025.
• Type locality: “Se’ergu Town, Heishui County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (31.9531°N, 103.3971°E; 1,847 m asl.)”.

References

Primary references

• Xu, Y.-H., Ma, S., Cai, B., Qi, S., Matsukoji, T., Poyarkov, N.A., Sun, F.-Y., Weng, S.-Y., Gu, T.-X., Tian, K.-D., Zhang, D., Jiang, J.-P. & Peng,L.-F. 2025. A new rock-dwelling gecko of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from northwestern Sichuan Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2221–2242. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.175246 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Checkered Gecko