Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new swamp-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia

2015/05/29 by Awal Riyanto, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Gekkonidae #Biology #Squamata #Gecko #Dorsum #Anatomy #Zoology

paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.8

openalex publication_date 2015/05/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. is the second newly described species of Bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia. This species occurs in the Sekunyam Forest and is differentiated from all other species of the C. semenanjungensis species group of the Thai-Malay Peninsula by having the following unique combination of characteristics: intermediate size (SVL of adult male holotype 54.6 mm); enlarged femoral scales, no femoral pores, no precloacal groove, enlarged precloacal scales, no precloacal pores; subcaudals not enlarged; and dorsal pattern blotched but lacking paired, dark, semilunar-shaped blotches on upper nape. The new species is the sister species of C. majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim. [Corrected]

Citations

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• New Species of Bent-Toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827) from Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia
• MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
• A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains

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