A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam

2010/06/14 by NGO VAN TRI, CHAN KIN ONN · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Gekkonidae #Biology #Gecko #Squamata #Dorsum #Anatomy #Zoology

paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2504.1.4

openalex publication_date 2010/06/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

A new species of bent–toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis sp. nov. is described from the monsoon evergreen forests of Truong Son Mountain Range, Khanh Hoa province. It differs from all other species of Indo–Chinese Cyrtodactylus by having a mean SVL of 83.5 mm; dark spots and blotches on the head; no continuous nuchal loop; 6–8 precloacal pores in males arranged in a chevron; five or six dark brown, irregular, dorsal bands between limb insertions; 18–20 subdigital lamellae under first toe; 15–17 subdigital lamellae under fourth toe; and a median row of enlarged subcaudal scales.

Citations

• A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Papua New Guinea
• Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from southern Thailand
• Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, central Truong Son, Vietnam
• New Species of Bent-Toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827) from Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia
• A new endemic cave dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Southwestern Vietnam
• A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia
• A new species of large Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Melanesia
• Three new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

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• Cyrtodactylus khelangensis, a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Lampang Province, northern Thailand
• A new forest-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand
• Cyrtodactylus [wikipedia]

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