Gekko

Luu, Vinh Quang, Calame, Thomas, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Le, Minh Duc & Ziegler, Thomas, 2015, Morphological and molecular review of the Gekko diversity of Laos with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3986 (3), pp. 279-306 : 304

Key to members of the genus Gekko reported from Laos

1 SVL> 160 mm ; nares in contact with rostral only ; iris yellow....................................... G. gecko gecko

1 ’ SVL <160 mm ; nares in contact with rostral and first supralabial ; iris not yellow................................. 2

2 SVL <80 mm, dorsal tubercles absent.................................................................... 3

2 ’ SVL> 80 mm, dorsal tubercles present.................................................................... 7

3 Interorbitals 41–51; scale rows around midbody 139–143 ....................................... G. scientiadventura

3 ’ Less than 41 interorbitals; less than 139 scale rows around midbody............................................ 4

4 Scale rows around midbody 120–135 ............................................... G. sengchanthavongi sp. nov.

4 ’ Less than 120 scale rows around midbody................................................................. 5

5 Interorbitals 34–37; scale rows around midbody 98–104 ............................................ G. aaronbaueri

5 ’ Less than 34 interorbitals; more than 104 scale rows around midbody........................................... 6

6 SVL 79 mm ; interorbitals 26–27 ; scale rows around midbody 110–116, praecloacal pores 1–5 ; irregular blotches.................................................................................................. G. thakhekensis

6 ’ SVL 69 mm ; interorbitals 22–26 ; scale rows around midbody 117 ; praecloacal pores 6, regular blotches.................................................................................................... G. bonkowskii sp. nov.

7 SVL 101 mm ; interorbitals 36–38 ; scale rows around midbody 152–156 ................................ G. petricolus

7 ’ SVL 95 mm ; interorbitals 27–32 ; scale rows around midbody 104–114 ............................ G. boehmei sp. nov.