A new lowland forest Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Ranong Province, peninsular Thailand
2015/01/16 by Montri Sumontha, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Nonn Panitvong +2 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal and Plant Science Education #Gekkonidae #Squamata #Gecko #Biology #Atlantic forest #Zoology #Ecology
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.6
openalex publication_date 2015/01/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Abstract
We describe a new lowland forest-dwelling Cyrtodactylus from Suk Samran District, Ranong Province, southern peninsular Thailand, having a blotched dorsal pattern, a continuous series of poreless enlarged femoral and precloacal scales, 18-20 regularly arranged dorsal tubercle rows, no precloacal groove, no transversely enlarged subcaudal plates and a maximal known snout-vent length of 59.6 mm. Cyrtodactylus ranongensis sp. nov. seems closely related to C. quadrivirgatus, but is readily distinguished from it by having 35-40 ventral scale rows, a reddish iris, heavy dorsal mottling, and lacking longitudinal dark-brown elements in its dorsal pattern.
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