Cyrtodactylus sanook (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Chumphon Province, southern Thailand

2013/03/26 by Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Montri Sumontha, Alice Latinne +1 · 10 citations
Environmental Science · Psychology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal and Plant Science Education #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Gekkonidae #Squamata #Gecko #Biology #Cave #Zoology #Ecology

paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.3.7

openalex publication_date 2013/03/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

We describe a new cave-dwelling species, Cyrtodactylus sanook sp. nov., from Tham Sanook, Chumphon Province, southern Thailand, characterized by a maximum SVL of 79.5 mm; 18-20 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody; a continuous series of enlarged femoral and precloacal scales, no femoral pores, three or four precloacal pores in males (no pores in females), no precloacal groove nor depression; 19-20 subdigital lamellae on 4th toe; transversally enlarged subcaudal plates; and 6-7 irregular pale narrow dorsal bands between limb insertions. It seems endemic to this cave and is the 7th Thai Cyrtodactylus species that is known only from a cave environment.

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