Burmese Leaf Toed Gecko

Hemidactylus karenorum, commonly known as the Burmese leaf gecko,^[1] the Burmese leaf-toed gecko, or the Burmese spotted gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, karenorum, is in honor of the Karen people, a hill tribe in Myanmar.^[1]

Description

H. karenorum has the following characteristics: Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, one and one third or one and two fifths the diameter of the orbit; forehead slightly concave; ear-opening small, roundish. Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout. Rostral 4-sided, not quite twice so broad as high, with median cleft above; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first labial and three nasals. 11 or 12 upper and seven to 9 lower labials; mental large, triangular; two pair of chin-shields, median pair in contact. Body covered with minute granules and numerous small convex round tubercles; a slight lateral fold and another bordering the thighs posteriorly. Ventral scales cycloid, imbricate. Male with six pre-anal pores in an angular series. The female has six enlarged scales in the pre-anal region. Tail depressed, flat below, with sharp denticulated lateral edge, covered above with equal small scales, below with a median series of large transversely dilated plates. Limbs moderate; digits free, dilated, inner well developed; infradigital lamellae curved, five under the thumb, nine under the fourth finger, 5 or 6 under the first toe, 10 or 12 under the fourth toe. Light grey-brown above, variegated with darker brown. Lower parts whitish. Length of head and body 50 mm.; tail 56 mm.^[2]

Geographic range

H. karenorum is found in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).^[3]

The type locality given by Theobald is "Karen-choung, prope Tonghu" (= Karen-choung, near Taungoo, Myanmar).

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