Gekko browni (Russell, 1979)
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Gekko browni (Russell, 1979) View in CoL — Native; Indeterminate.
Luperosaurus browni Russell, 1979: 282–285 , fig. 1. Holotype: FMNH 185106 About FMNH , by original designation. Type locality: “ Ulu Gombak forest reserve 35.4 km north of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, West Malaysia ”.
Brown’s Flap-legged Gecko
( Figure 12F View FIGURE 12 )
Singapore records.
Luperosaurus browni —K.K.P. Lim & N.T.-L. Lim, 2006: 107 (Batu Koyok [ PT]).—N. Lim, 2006: 5.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 83, 160.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2008: 172, 265.— Das, 2010: 223.—H.T.W. Tan et al., 2010: 67.—L.L. Grismer, 2011b: 516, 517.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 83, 160.— L.K. Wang et al., 2012: 250.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2016: 177.
“ Luperosaurus ” —P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 323.
Remarks. Gekko browni previously belonged to the genus Luperosaurus until a recent paper transferred the entire genus to Gekko (Wood 2019) . Eleven of the 12 species that once made up Luperosaurus are considered extremely rare, each being known from less than four specimens ( Grismer 2011b). The occurrence of G. browni in Singapore is known only from one specimen collected on 4 August 2005 at Batu Koyok, Pulau Tekong ( Fig. 12F View FIGURE 12 ) ( Lim & Lim 2006). The individual was an adult male that was found clinging to the stem of a plant ca. 1 m off the ground, and represented the second record for the Malay Peninsula ( Lim & Lim 2006). The first specimen was the holotype described by Russell (1979), which was collected by Inger at Ulu Gombak, Selangor on 8 May 1970. Since then, one more record of G. browni was made for the Malay Peninsula at Tapah, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia ( Grismer 2011b). Gekko browni possesses interdigital webbing that may serve as an adaptation for a highly arboreal lifestyle (Russell 1979).
Occurrence. Only known from one specimen from PT. rare .
Singapore conservation status. Critically Endangered.
Conservation priority. Highest.
IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2019].
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Pulau Tekong: ZRC.2.6140 (04-Aug-2005) .
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Singapore localities. Pulau Tekong.
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