A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, with an overview of congeners from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Abstract

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chandramouli, S. R., Gokulakrishnan, G., Sivaperuman, C., Grismer, L. Lee (2021): A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, with an overview of congeners from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 276) 15 (1): 108-125, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390026 Abstract. —A comprehensive systematic review of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago was undertaken. The known members Gekko verreauxi Tytler, 1865 and Gekko (Ptychozoon) nicobarensis (Das and Vijayakumar, 2009) are redescribed based on new material collected during this study. The systematic status of the Gekko smithii (s. lat.) population from the southern Nicobar Islands was reassessed and found to represent a distinct species. Based on morphological and morphometric distinction, this allopatric, insular population is described as Gekko stoliczkai sp. nov. Notes on ecology, natural history, morphology, and distribution are presented for all these species, with recommendations on their conservation status.