TABLE 8. Potentially diagnostic characters separating H in Descriptions of three new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China

TABLE 8. Potentially diagnostic characters separating H. lingshuiensis sp. nov. from other Hemiphyllodactylus within the Indochina clade. / = data unavailable. Mensural characters are in mm. For abbreviations see Materials and Methods. Characterbanaensisbonkowskiilingshuiensis sp. nov.dupanglingensisdushanensishongkongensishouaphanensishuishuiensiskizirianilungcuensisnahangensisngocsonensispardalisserpispecusvanhonensisyanshanensisn1061648381073421313Max SVL51.048.035.444.750.643.045.651.240.844.243.646.948.041.946.546.3CS6–75–769–118–105–68 or 98–106–98–108–96–81177–118–11Post-mentalsdistinctlyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesenlargedCN3353 or 43–43–42342–32–33535 or 65 or 6IS4–112–422 or 32–33–41 or 22–32–31–34–63322–31–3SL9–128–108 or 911–1411–1310–1211 or 129–1110–1111–1210–1210111110–129–12IL9–118–119 or 109–1210–119–118–119–119–119–119–119–109910–119–12DS17–2024–271814–1614–1512–1518–2313–1518–27 12–1718–2319–21212615–1911–22VS9–1213–151110 or 118–99–1010-137–911–15 6–119–1313–1510108–117–13FL1555 or 64 or 54–53–53 or 4353–434–5344 or 54 or 5TL154–554 or 55–65435435–64445 or 6Lamellar formula on hand(3 or 4) -(4 or 5)- (4 or 5)-43-4-4-44-5-5-54-(4 or 5)-5-4(3 or 4)- (4 or 5)-5-43-(3 or 4)-4-4(3 or 4)- 4-4-4(3 or 4)-4- (4 or 5)-43-4- 4-4(3 or 4)-4- (4 or 5)-43-4-5-43-4-4-43-3-3-33-4-4-44-4-4-4(4 or 5) -(5–7) -(5–7)- (4 or 5)Lamellar formula on foot4-5-5-54-5-5-45-5-6-5(4 or 5) -(5 or 6) -(5 or 6) -(4 or 5)(4 or 5)-(5 or 6)-(5 or 6)-5(3 or 4) -(4 or 5)- (4 or 5)-4(3 or 4)- 4-4-44-(4 or 5)- (4 or 5)- 44-(4 or 5)- (4 or 5)-44-5-5-54-5-5-54-5-5-44-4-4-43-4-4-54-5-5-5(4 or 5) -(5 or 6) -(5–7)- (5 or 6)Precloacaland femoral pore series separate orContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuous/ContinuousContinuousContinuousSeparatedContinuousContinuousContinuouscontinuousTotal femoropre- 18–21 cloacal pores192321–2524–2624–2520-250–208–1317–2522–2420141121 (pitted 10–16 scales)CloacS1111 or 211111 or 2 1–2111211 or 2Subcaudalsenlarged,NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoplate-likeDark pos-Yes torbital stripeYesNoYesNoVariableYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesDorsolaterallight-colored spots onYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYes/YesYesYes/YesYestrunkDarkdorsolateral stripe onYesNoNo/NoNo/YesYesVariableYesNoNoYes/YestrunkDark dorsaltransverseYesNoNoYesNoVariableYesYesYes/NoNoNo/YesYesblotchesdorsal pattern No unicolour/No/YesNo/No////No///Postsacralmarkingbearing light-colouredNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYes/YesYesYesNo/YesYesanteriorlyprojectingarmsCaecum pigmentedNoYesNoYesNoNo/NoNoNo/YesYes///Gonads pigmentedNoNoNoYesNoNo/NoNoNo/NoYes///AG20.4–24.4 20.9–26.7 17.217.2–22.8/15.6–22.0 11.3–23.917.3–25.016.4– 22.017.0–23.120.9–21.3 22.6–23.7 30.2–32.021.415.4– 24.017.4–22.3HL10.0–12.0 9.6–11.69.29.8–11.2/8.7–11.27.4–11.68.4–13.96.1– 7.38.5–11.610.0–10.7 9.8–10.511.3–11.910.48.7–12.16.0–8.3SN3.8–5.24.0–5.23.54.2–4.7/3.1–4.02.7–4.53.1–4.83.8– 4.43.6–4.53.5–4.04.5–4.64.9–5.24.03.2–4.33.5–4.6HW7.0–7.97.9–9.46.66.8–7.8/5.2–8.24.9–8.56.3–8.86.6– 7.36.9–8.06.9–7.48.2–8.67.2–7.57.76.2–8.36.4–8.6NE2.8–3.63.1–3.62.53.0–3.3/2.4–3.12.1–3.42.5–3.62.9– 3.32.9–3.62.8–3.23.1–3.83.8–3.93.32.5–3.52.4–3.5ED2.1–2.72.7–3.12.02.5–2.7/2.0–2.52.0–3.02.3–2.82.4– 2.71.8–2.52.5–2.72.7–2.82.6–2.72.42.0–2.91.7–2.7SW1.5–1.81.9–2.41.21.4–1.8/1.1–1.40.9–1.71.0–1.51.3– 1.51.4–2.11.0–1.31.7–1.82.0–2.11.51.0–1.51.3–1.7AG/SVL0.44–0.49 0.48–0.56 0.490.44–0.510.45–0.490.47–0.53 0.44–0.520.47–0.500.45– 0.550.48–0.530.49–0.50 0.48–0.52 0.65–0.670.510.49– 0.580.45–0.51 ......continued on the next page ......continued on the next page ......continued on the next page