Bioacoustics of Gekko prep

Distribution. Gekko prep sp. nov. is currently known to occur only at the type locality: Bawangling National Park, Changjiang County, Hainan , China . Comparisons. The new species Gekko prep sp. nov. can be distinguished from G. aaronbaueri Tri, Thai, Phimvohan, David & Teynie ; G. adleri Nguyen, Wang, Yang, Lehmann, Le, Ziegler & Bonkowski ; G. alpinus Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang & Jiang ; G. auriverrucosus Zhou & Liu ; G. bonkowskii Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler ; G. canhi Rösler, Nguyen, Van Doan, Ho, Nguyen & Ziegler ; G. cib Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang ; G. guishanicus Lin & Rao ; G. hokouensis Pope ; G. japonicus Schlegel ; G. jiniangensis Hou, Shi, Wang, Shu, Zheng, QI, Liu, Jiang & Xie ; G. kaiyai Zhang, Wu & Zhang ; G. khunkhamensis Sitthivong, Lo, Nguyen, Ngo, Khotpathoom, Le, Ziegler & Luu ; G. kwangsiensis Yang ; G. melli Vogt ; G. nadenensis Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler ; G. paucituberculatus Wang, Qi, Zhou & Wang ; G. scabridus Liu & Zhou ; G. sengchanthavongi Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, & Ziegler ; G. shibatai Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota ; G. swinhonis Günther ; G. subpalmatus Günther ; G. taibaiensis Song ; G. tawaensis Okada ; G. thakhekensis Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler ; G. truongi Phung & Ziegler ; G. vertebralis Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota ; G. wenxianensis Zhou & Wang ; G. yakuensis Matsui & Okada ( Table 5 ) by a greaterv number of precloacal pores in males (24); Gekko prep sp. nov. can be distinguished from G. liboensis Zhou Liu & Li by webbing present between the fingers and toes (versus absent); from G. palmatus Boulenger by few SMC (144–152 versus 160–191); from G. scientiadventura Rösler, Ziegler, Vu, Herrmann & Böhme by dorsal tubercles row at midbody present (versus absent). Species Max SPL IFL IO DTR SMC SR V LT1 LT4 Web Forelimb Hindlimb Tail PP SVL Tubercles Tubercles Tubercles G. prep sp. nov. 75.7 14 11 37–38 12 144–152 122–126 38–40 11–12 12–13 1 0 0 1 24 G. similignum 58.9 12–14 11 46–48 11 - 144–153 - 11–13 12–14 1 0 0 1 17 G. chinensis 72.0 10–14 9–13 35–48 10 156–167 118–140 37–39 8–10 9–12 1 0 1 1 17–27 G. aaronbaueri 80.0 13–14 10–11 34–37 0 - 98–104 39–43 14–17 14–16 - 0 0 0 3–4 G. adleri 75.3 10–15 9–13 27–36 7–11 168–190 123–144 35–44 11–14 11–15 1 0 1 1 17–21 G. alpinus 74.16 9–13 8–10 22–28 12–17 158–189 92–114 32–39 8–11 13–15 0 1 1 1 4–7 G. auriverrucosus 69.0 9–11 9–11 26–27 16–20 - - - 6–8 6–8 0 1 1 1 8–11 G. bonkowskii 69.2 12–14 10–11 49–50 0 154–169 117 37–40 11–13 15 1 0 0 0 6 G. canhi 99.2 14 10–12 49–50 11–12 168–170 205–227 49–51 13–16 14–17 0 0 1 0 5 G. cib 66.4 10–12 10–14 28–36 0 171–196 128–149 37–45 9–13 9–17 1 0 0 0 7–9 G. guishanicus 64.0 - - - 0 - - - 8–10 8–10 0 0 0 0 6–8 G. hokouensis 70.0 10–14 8–11 30–33 12–18 153–174 119–130 36–43 8–11 15–18 0 0 0 1 5–9 G. japonicus 74.0 9–13 8–13 32–35 9–14 169–188 130–144 39–44 10–12 14–16 0 1 1 1 4–9 G. jinjiangensis 61.6 7–10 6–9 20–24 12–16 146–169 111–149 31–47 8–11 11–15 0 1 1 1 4–5 G. kaiyai 64.99 9–12 9–13 22–33 11–18 157–209 99–121 30–43 8–9 7–11 0 1 1 1 9–12 G. khunkhamensis 75.2 9–10 9–10 31–32 0 181–185 127–138 42–45 13–14 14–15 1 0 0 0 0 G. kwangsiensis 69.7 10–12 11–13 29–31 9–11 185–208 143–156 41–45 11–13 13–18 1 0 0 1 9–11 G. liboensis 85.0 12 11 40 10 - - - 8 9 0 0 0 - - G. melli 80.3 10–13 9–12 34–40 0 171–192 148–160 44–46 10–12 11–14 1 0 0 0 9–11 G. nadenensis 77.1 12–14 10–12 28–30 0 175–185 123–140 38–40 13–15 14–16 1 0 0 0 6 G. palmatus 79.7 11–15 9–13 27–36 4–12 160–191 116–147 36–47 10–13 10–16 1 0 0 1 23–30 G. paucituberculatus 85.9 11 9–10 37 4 189–192 136–140 42–44 11 11–13 0 0 0 0 12 G. scientiadventura 73.0 12–14 9–13 41–51 0 118–140 139–143 38–48 12–15 14–17 1 0 0 1 23–30 G. scabridus 64.0 9–11 9–11 30 17–21 - - - 6–9 7–9 0 1 1 1 10–15 G. sengchanthavongi 77.3 8–10 6–7 28–32 0 175–184 120–135 35–43 11–14 13–17 1 0 0 0 4–5 G. shibatai 70.9 10–13 10–14 37–52 5–14 - 114–134 - - 9–16 0 0 0 1 0–3 G. swinhonis 66.0 7–12 7–11 23–24 6–8 - - 40 6–9 6–9 0 1 1 - 7–9 G. subpalmatus 65.8 8–12 7–12 28–37 0 144–190 129–156 39–46 9–12 11–14 1 0 0 0 5–9 G. taibaiensis 69.0 9–10 8–10 28 - - - - 6–7 7–8 - - - - 4–6 G. tawaensis 71.0 15 13 - 0 - - - 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 G. thakhekensis 79.2 12–14 10–11 22–26 0 165–174 110–116 32–40 11–13 14–15 1 0 0 0 1–5 G. truongi 95.9 13–15 11–13 45–48 0 160–172 131–143 35–36 11–13 15–17 0 0 0 0 10–11 G. vertebralis 69.2 10–15 10–15 35–50 2–12 - 112–139 - - 9–17 0 0 0 0 0–1 G. wenxianensis 59.0 12 11 - 10 - - 42–44 6 9 0 0 1 - 6–8 G. yakuensis 72.0 12–13 9–13 - - - - - 10 15 0 0 0 1 6–8 G. prep s p. nov. differs from its sister taxon G. chinensis by more DTR (12 versus 10); fewer SMC (144–152 versus 156–167); more LT1 (11–12 versus 8–10); tubercles on the limbs absent (versus present); dark green patches present on head and sides of the body (versus absent). G. prep sp. nov. differs from the closely related species G. similignum by fewer IO (37–38 versus 46–48); more DTR (12 versus 11); fewer SR (122–126 versus 144–153); more precloacal pores in males (24 versus 17); dark green patches present on head and sides of the body (versus absent).