title: A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve, Central Vietnam.
abstract: A new species of the gekkonid Hemiphyllodactylus banaensis sp. nov. is described from Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve in central Vietnam. Previously included within H. yunnanensis, the new species is distinguished from all other congeners by having the unique combination of a maximum SVL of 48.2 mm in males and 51.0 mm in females; seven chin scales extending transversely from the union of the first and second infralabials and posterior margin of mental; enlarged postmental scales; 9-12 supralabials; 9-11 infralabials; 18-20 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter; 20-21 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males and 0-20 contiguous pore-bearing precloacal scales in females; dorsal pattern on body composed of transverse blotches and two whitish stripes across shoulder extending to sacrum; postsacral mark whitish brown and bearing anteriorly projecting arms; and caecum and oviducts unpigmented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Management and Technology, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology, 85 Tran QuocToan Street, District 3, Hochiminh City, Vietnam.; Email: trigeckonid@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ngo Van
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Tri
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA.; Email: lgrismer@lasierra.edu.
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Grismer
authors.affiliation: 359 CachMangThang 8, Cam Le Department of Education and Training, Cam Le District, Da Nang City, Vietnam.; Email: phthai212gdcl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pham Hong
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thai
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602 USA; Email: pwood@byu.edu.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity; D014744:Vietnam