A new species of Nactus gecko from boulder-pile habitat on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Australia Author Hoskin, Conrad J. College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Author Davies, Alexander 10 Gregory Street, Taringa, QLD 4068, Australia Author Aland, Kieran Wildwise Environmental Services, Viewland Drive, Doonan, Qld 4562, Australia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-27 5497 4 577 590 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.4.7 journal article 302046 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.4.7 818f64f7-9bfc-4dbd-a033-d6d684aba5d5 1175-5326 13619209 AE09F1B9-870C-420E-958C-94C7CE0240CB

TABLE 1. Morphological measurements, proportions, and scale counts for the type specimens of N. simakal sp. nov. All measurements are in mm. The final column presents data for N. c.f. papua from nearby islands, as average followed by range in brackets. See Appendix for list of N. c.f. papua specimens examined.

	QMJ97603	QMJ97602	QMJ97604	QMJ97605	N. c.f. papua
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	Holotype	Paratype	Paratype	Paratype	Average (range)
	Female	Male	Male	Female
Measurements					N = 13
SVL	45.49	44.38	53.59	52.89	46.75 (39.89–52.67)
Interlimb length (AG)	14.79	18.00	19.64	21.92	19.73 (15.47–22.78)
Forearm length (FL)	7.05	6.95	7.64	7.59	6.42 (5.45–7.53)
Lower hindlimb (LHL)	9.07	8.94	10.00	10.55	7.96 (6.66–8.90)
Full forelimb (L1)	16.20	16.87	18.69	18.61	15.33 (11.90–17.84)
Full hindlimb (L2)	21.30	22.72	28.67	24.84	21.42 (17.79–24.65)
Neck length (NL)	8.13	9.70	9.02	8.85	7.08 (6.13–8.62)
Snout–forelimb (SF)	20.93	20.79	24.42	21.83	18.83 (16.18–20.60)
Snout length (SL)	5.02	4.98	6.32	5.88	5.16 (4.20–6.23)
Head length (HL)	12.53	11.33	13.48	13.27	12.25 (10.18–13.58)
Head width (HW)	8.55	7.91	9.79	9.93	9.15 (8.00–10.21)
Head depth (HD)	4.14	4.19	5.60	4.98	5.54 (4.47–6.89)
Eye diameter (ED)	2.69	2.74	3.88	3.10	2.56 (2.01–2.95)
Proportions					N = 13
AG/SVL	0.33	0.41	0.37	0.41	0.42 (0.38–0.48)
FL/SVL	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14 (0.13–0.15)
LHL/SVL	0.20	0.20	0.19	0.20	0.17 (0.16–0.18)
L1/SVL	0.36	0.38	0.35	0.35	0.33 (0.30–0.36)
L2/SVL	0.47	0.51	0.53	0.47	0.46 (0.41–0.50)
NL/SVL	0.18	0.22	0.17	0.17	0.15 (0.13–0.18)
SF/SVL	0.46	0.47	0.46	0.41	0.40 (0.37–0.42)
HL/SVL	0.28	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.26 (0.25–0.28)
HW/SVL	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.20 (0.18–0.21)
HD/SVL	0.091	0.094	0.104	0.094	0.12 (0.11–0.13)
ED/SVL	0.059	0.062	0.072	0.059	0.055 (0.049–0.061)
Original Tail					N = 7
Tail Length (TL)	63.24	58.44	Half lost	59.80	48.00 (40.52–54.80)
Tail Width (TW)	3.23	3.02	4.10	4.24	3.97 (3.45–4.56)
	Holotype	Paratype	Paratype	Paratype	Average (range)
	Female	Male	Male	Female
Tail Depth (TD)	2.85	2.41	3.40	4.17	3.65 (3.32–3.96)
Tail proportions					N = 7
Original TL/SVL	1.39	1.32		1.13	1.09 (0.92–1.18)
Original TW/SVL	0.071	0.068	0.077	0.080	0.088 (0.078–0.101)
Original TD/SVL	0.063	0.054	0.063	0.079	0.081 (0.076–0.087)
Scale counts					N = 13
Tubercle rows, midbody	14	14	12	12	13.8 (12–15)
2nd parasagittal row	30	34	30	35	25.2 (20–31)
Rostral groove %	70	50	60	50	47.7 (10–70)
Supralabials	8	7	8	8	7.3 (7–8)
Infralabials	8	7	8	7	6.5 (6–7)
4th finger lamellae	14	14	15	16	14.0 (13–15)
4th toe lamellae	19	18	17	18	17.5 (15–20)
Subcaudal keels	prominent	prominent	prominent	prominent	prominent
Postcloacal spurs	3/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1.6 (1–2)
Male pores		9	9		5.6 (4–7)