Discovery of Cyrtodactylus ziegleri Nazarov, Orlov, Nguyen & Ho, 2008 (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) in lava caves of Vietnam (Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark)

2025/09/25 by Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen, Thinh Gia Tran, Truong Minh Nhat Nguyen +2 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/subtbiol.53.141956

openalex publication_date 2025/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

During explorations conducted in lava caves within Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Dak Nong Province, Vietnam, from 2020 to 2023, we collected five specimens belonging to the genus Cyrtodactylus . Morphological and molecular analyses identified the population as C. ziegleri . This finding represents an important step in documenting the herpetofauna of Vietnam’s lava caves.

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