2014/01/28 by Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Montri Sumontha, Nonn Panitvong +1 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Psychology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Animal and Plant Science Education #Gekkonidae #Squamata #Gecko #Biology #Cave #Hemiptera #Zoology #Ecology
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3755.6.5
openalex publication_date 2014/01/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
We describe Cyrtodactylus khelangensis sp. nov. from a limestone cave in Pratu Pha, Mae Mo District, Lampang Province, northern Thailand. It is characterized by a maximal known SVL of 95.3 mm; 16-20 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; a continuous series of 37-40 enlarged femoroprecloacal scales, including six-seven pitted or pore-bearing scales (males) or one or two pitted scales (females) on each femur separated by a diastema from 2-6 pore-bearing precloacal scales (males and females); no precloacal groove nor depression; transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; and four irregular brown dorsal bands between nuchal loop and hind limb insertions.