Gekko alpinus

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: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Japonigekko)
Species: Gekko alpinus

Name

Gekko alpinus Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang & Jiang, 2024: 301

• Holotype: CIB 121663, adult ♂, collected by Sheng-Chao Shi, Cheng Shen, Xian-Guang Guo and Jian-Ping Jiang on 26 June 2020.
• Type locality: “(29.615722°N, 99.02285°E; 2542 m a.s.l.), from Zhubalong Village, Batang County, Ganzi Zang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Ma, S., Shi, S-C., Shen, C., Chang, L-M. & Jiang, J-P. 2024. Discovery of a new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China: the best Japonigekko mountaineer. ZooKeys 1215: 289–309. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Alpine Gecko