= b 
Fig. 2. Gekko liboensis sp. nov. a Dorsal view of head; b. Ventral view of head. 
Diagnosis—Head and body length exceeding 80 mm; supranasals large, in contact with each 
other medially; flat, cycloid tubercles among dorsal granular scales, forming about 10 irregular 
longitudinal rows; webs evident between fingers I, II and III, very slight between fingers III, IV 
and V. 
Description—Holotype very large, head and body length nearly 85 mm; snout 1.8 times as long 
as eye diameter, distinctly longer than distance between eye and ear opening; diameter of ear 
opening 2 mm, about 40% of eye diameter; rostral broader than deep, upper margin slightly con- 
caved at midpoint; nostril surrounded by rostral, first supralabial, supranasal, and two small scales; 
supranasals large, in contact with each other medially; supralabials 12; infralabials 11; mental 
triangular; median pair of chin shields twice as long as broad, posteriorly entered by a pair of small 
polygonal chin shields (Fig. 2). 
About 18 scales between nostril and eye; interorbital scales about 40; flat, cycloid tubercles uni- 
formly scattered in low density on dorsum, from parietal and occipital regions to base of tail, 
forming about 10 irregular rows on body; fore- and hindlimbs without tubercles; ventral surface 
posterior to neck covered with imbricate scales; 10 enlarged scales in preanal region. 
Underneath dilated portions of fingers covered with lamellae, eight on finger I, eight on finger II, 
nine on finger III, nine on finger IV, and eight or nine on finger V; rudimentary webs evident 
Table 2. Measurements (in mm) of a specimen of Gekko liboensis. 
Diameter Axilla Fore- Hind- 
Total Eye of ear Snout Head groin limb limb 
Specimens length diameter opening length length length length length 
Holotype 
(TMC 791669) 121.8 (84.8437) 5 2 92 7a\\ 3y/ PISA 365) 
(regenerated tail) 
