Hemiphyllodactylus yenchauensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemiphyllodactylus
Species: Hemiphyllodactylus yenchauensis

Name

Hemiphyllodactylus yenchauensis Luu, Sittjivong, Hoang, Ha, Ha, Xayasith, Ziegler & Grismer, 2025: 231

• Holotype: VNUF R.2025.05 (field no. Sonla05), adult ♂, collected by Vinh Q. Luu, Le P. Duc and Vilay Phimpasone on 4 October 2023.
• Type locality: “at the entrance of karst cave of Pa Kha 1 Village, Chieng Tuong Commune, Yen Chau District, Son La Province, Vietnam (20°51'41.2"N 104°24'03.6"E; 1228 m in elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Luu, V.Q., Sittjivong, S., Hoang, T.T., Ha, H.B., Ha, H.V., Xayasith, S., Ziegler, T. & Grismer, L.L. 2025. Two more new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Laos and Vietnam identified using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 5686(2): 211–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Yenchau Slender Gecko