Brian,
Many thanks!
Julie B.
brian bettencourt wrote:
> Citation 1.
> Link to...
>
> Accession Number
> BACD200000334076
>
> Author/Editor/Inventor
> Brown Rafe M [a].
>
> Institution
> [a] Section of Integrative Biology, Texas Memorial Museum, University of
> Texas, Austin, TX, 78712-1064 USA.
>
> Title
> New species of parachute gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: genus
> Ptychozoon) from northeastern Thailand and central Vietnam.
>
> Source
> Copeia. [ print] 1999(4). December, 1999. 990-1001.
>
> Abstract
> I describe a new species of parachute gecko from localities in
> northeastern Thailand and the central highlands of Vietnam. The new
> species is known from intact climax rain forest and slightly disturbed
> clearings or secondary forest adjacent to intact rain forest. The new
> species differs from congeners by the combination of three (vs
> four) transverse bands in the axilla-groin region, 19-21 preanofemoral
> pore-bearing scales in a continuous series, 15-16 cutaneous denticulate
> lobes of the tail, lateral orientation of the caudal lobes, minimal
> reduction in total width of distal portions of the tail, absence of
> substantive lateral expansion of the straight-edged tail terminus beyond
> the nearest denticulate caudal lobe, minimal lobe fusion at the proximal
> border of the tail terminus, continuation of caudal tubercles distally on
> to the dorsal surface of tail terminus, absence of a predigital notch in
> the preantebrachial cutaneous expansion, and the presence (in a Thai
> specimen) of a single mid-vertebral row of flat dorsal tubercles
> (vertebral tubercle series absent in Vietnamese specimens).
>
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>
> Citation 2.
> Link to...
>
> Accession Number
> BIOA199799783371
>
> Author/Editor/Inventor
> Brown Rafe M [a]. Ferner John W. Diesmos Arvin C.
>
> Institution
> [a] Dep. Zool., Texas Memorial Museum, Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
>
> Title
> Definition of the Philippine parachute gecko, Ptychozoon intermedium
> Taylor 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): Redescription, designation
> of a neotype, and comparisons with related species.
>
> Source
> Herpetologica. 53(3). 1997. 357-373.
>
> Abstract
> The Philippine parachute gecko, Ptychozoon intermedium, originally
> described from a single specimen that was destroyed during World War II,
> is redescribed on the basis of all available museum specimens and newly
> acquired material from the island of Mindanao, Philippines. This
> Philippine endemic differs from its congeners by the combination of large
> size at maturity (snout-to-vent length = 68.6-99.8 mm), 8-12 pore-bearing
> preanal and 12-19 pore-bearing femoral scales; the usual presence of flat
> or slightly convex dorsal tubercles; denticulate dermal expansions along
> the tail ending in a small terminal flap (at most slightly larger than
> nearest lobe) with limited lobe fusion on its proximal edge; three
> transverse wavy bands in dorsal axilla-groin distance; and various body
> proportions. We designate a neotype from Davao City Province, Mindanao,
> and describe the parachuting escape behavior of this secretive Philippine
> gecko.
>
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>
> Citation 3.
> Link to...
>
> Accession Number
> 087090657
>
> Authors
> Ota H. Hikida T.
>
> Institution
> DEP. ZOOL., FAC. SCI., KYOTO UNIV., KITASHIRAKAWA-OIWAKENCHI, SAKYO-KU,
> KYOTO, 606 JPN.
>
> Title
> KARYOTYPES OF TWO SPECIES OF THE GENUS PTYCHOZOON GEKKONIDAE LACERTILIA
> FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA.
>
> Source
> Japanese Journal of Herpetology 12 (4). 1988. 139-141.
>
> Abstract
> Karyotypes of two Ptychozoon species, P. kuhli and P. lionatum from
> Southeast Asia are investigated for the first time. The results showed the
> occurrence of extensive chromosomal differentiation between the two
> species. Taxonomic implications of the present results are discussed.
>
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