Two New Species of the Genus Gonydactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Nepal

Ilya S. Darevsky, Notker Helfenberger, Nikolai L. Orlov, Karan Shah

Abstract


Two new species of the naked-toed geckos of the genus Gonydactylus are described from Eastern Nepal. A comparison of the described species with another “himalayan” Gonydactylus (G. khasiensis and occurring in the west of Nepal G. himalayanus) is given.


Keywords


lizards; Gekkonidae; Gonydactylus martinstollii; Gonydactylus markuscombaii; Nepal; taxonomy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-2-89-93

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