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Fig. 1. Gekko auriverrucosus sp. nov. a. Dorsal view of head; b. Ventral view of head. 
Gekko auriverrucosus Zhou et Liu sp. nov. (Plate I: 2, Fig. 1) 
Holotype—Male (NNC 80275), collected from Hejin (Hojin) Prefecture, Shanxi Province (alt. 
459 m), on 19 August 1980. Allotype: female (NNC 80243), collection date and locality as for 
holotype. Paratypes: 33 males and 41 females, collected from Hejin, Yongji (Engtsi), and Linyi 
(Linyi) Prefecture, Shanxi Province. Collector: Xin-rong Xu. Type specimens are deposited in 
Department of Biology, Nanjing Normal University. 
Diagnosis—Rostral separated from nostril; upper margin of ear opening with cluster of enlarged 
conical tubercles gathering in high density; tubercles uniformly scattered in temporal and occipital 
regions, neck, and dorsal surfaces of body, base of tail and limbs; male with 8-11 preanal pores. 
Description—Snout about twice as long as eye diameter, distinctly longer than distance between 
eye and ear opening; diameter of ear opening 0.9-1.5 mm, about 30-44% of eye diameter; rostral 
twice as broad as high, angulated at midpoint dorsally, separated from nostril; nostril surrounded 
by first supralabial, supranasal, and two small scales; supranasals moderately enlarged, slightly 
longer than broad, separated from each other by a minute scale, or in contact with each other medi- 
ally; supralabials 9-11; infralabials 9-11; mental pentagonal; chin shields forming several rows of 
transverse arches; first row normally comprising five shields, each slightly longer than broad, 
median three largest; scales following chin shields and reaching gular region uniform, granular 
(Fig. 1). 
About 12 scales between nostril and eye; interorbital scales about 25; upper margin of ear open- 
ing with tubercle cluster comprising about six enlarged conical tubercles gathering in high density; 
around jaw angle and preotic region also with enlarged conical tubercles; tubercles uniformly scat- 
tered among dorsal granular scales, from temporal and occipital regions to base of tail, in 16-20 
irregular rows at midbody; dorsal surfaces of forelimbs covered with small tubercles; on dorsal 
surfaces of hindlimbs, tubercles scattered among granular scales; scales granular in gular region, 
imbricate in the other part of ventral surface of body; webs between digits rudimentary; underneath 
dilated portions of toes with lamellae, 6-8 on toe I, 6-8 on toe II, 6-8 on toe III, 6-8 on toes IV, 
and 7-9 on toe V; male with 8-11, mostly 8-9 preanal pores. 
