DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15154346
title: TABLE 1 in A new dwarf gecko of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the eastern slope of the Andean Cordillera de Mérida in northern South America

description: TABLE 1. Synopsis of pholidotic characters of the eight species of Pseudogonatodes currently recognized and the specimen MIZA 15-185. See abbreviations in Materials and Methods section.? = Missing data.
1st Group2nd Group3rd GroupCharactersP. guianensisP. lunulatusP. barbouriP. furvusP. gasconiP. manessiP. peruvianusP. quihuai sp. nov.P. sp. (MIZA 15- 185)SVLup to 30.0 mmup to 29.0 mmup to 25.6 mmup to 45.0 mm24.0 mmup to 38.0 mmup to 31.0 mmup to 33.6 mm22.5 mmPosterodorsal margin of rostralnot indented, with median cleftindented, with median cleftwith median cleftindented, with median cleftindented, without median cleftindented, with median cleftwith median cleftW-shaped, with median cleft?PR3–43–43353–4333Median PR relative sizesmaller than, or as larger as lateralssmaller than lateralsslightly smaller than lateralssimilar in size to lateralssmaller than lateralssmaller than lateralsmuch smaller than lateralssimilar in size to laterals?PN2222–322212L4–84–93–57–1077–865–66SBSL27–2916–1818–1918–241920–24?19–22?SC2–52–53–42–3224–52SL4–54–53–54–54444–64IL3–73–42–44–554–644–54Mental scaleNearly straight to widely V-shaped, with a posterior median cleftRoughly straight to concave, posterior clefts 1–3 or absentV-shaped, with a posterior median cleftW-shaped, with two posterior median cleftsV-shaped, with a short posterior medial cleftW-shaped, with two or without posterior cleftsU-shapedU-shaped, without posterior cleftsU-shaped, with three posterior cleftsPM3–73–652–466–934–66Dorsal scalesgranular, juxtaposedgranular, juxtaposedflat, imbricategranular, subimbricatetall, conical to flat-conical, juxtaposedgranular, juxtaposedgranular, juxtaposedgranular, juxtaposedgranular, juxtaposedSAM86–10584–9138–6083–1048885–10179–9085–9177VTM17–2418–2112–1423–2820212320–2219VMR-a51–5646–5145–59?494855–5940–43?CharactersP. guianensisP. lunulatusP. barbouriP. furvusP. gasconiP. manessiP. peruvianusP. quihuai sp. nov.P. sp. (MIZA 15- 185)VMR-b36–4734–4036–4544–674337–404233–3634VMR-c32–3729–3332–3634–393731–3526–2929Scales on sole of footheterogeneoushomogeneousheterogeneoushomogeneousheterogeneousheterogeneous?heterogeneous?LFIV5–66–75–911–1378–977–97LTIV5–76–75–1111–15810–1198–1093rd LTIVenlargedenlargedenlargednot distinctly enlargednot distinctly enlargednot distinctly enlargednot distinctly enlargednot distinctly enlargednot distinctly enlargedMidventral row pattern in subcaudalsnot distinctly enlarged, unpatternednot distinctly enlarged, unpatternednot distinctly enlarged, unpatternedmidventral row slightly to heavily enlarged, 1’1”not enlarged, unpatternedmidventral row slightly enlarged, 1’1”not enlarged, unpatternedmidventral row slightly enlarged, 1’1”?SourcesParker (1935); Avila-Pires (1995); this studyEsqueda et al. (2016); this studyNoble (1921), Koch et al. (2018); MontesCorrea et al. (2021); this studyMontes-Correa et al. (2021)Avila-Pires & Hoogmoed (2000); this studyAvila-Pires & Hoogmoed (2000); this studyHuey & Dixon (1970)this studyAvila-Pires & Hoogmoed (2000); this study
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description: Published as part of Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M., Koch, Claudia, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago & Prudente, Ana L. C., 2024, A new dwarf gecko of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the eastern slope of the Andean Cordillera de Mérida in northern South America, pp. 306-307 in Zootaxa 5418 (4) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10730597