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Issue: Vol. 2570 No. 1: 18 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2570.1.2
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 188
PDF downloaded: 72

Cyrtodactylus dumnuii (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA
Nakhonratchasima Zoo, 111 M.1, Ratchasima-Pak Tongchai Rd., Chaimongkol, Muang Nakhonrajsima 30000, THAILAND
Ranong Marine Fisheries Station, 157 M. 1, Saphan-Pla Road, Paknam, Muang Ranong 85000, THAILAND
National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, 61 Phaholyothin Rd., Ladyao Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, THAILAND
Département des Vertébrés Récents, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 29 Rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, BELGIUM
Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, THAILAND
Nakhonratchasima Zoo, 111 M.1, Ratchasima-Pak Tongchai Rd., Chaimongkol, Muang Nakhonrajsima 30000, THAILAND
Reptilia Thailand Chiang Mai Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus dumnuii new species taxonomy cave-dwelling

Abstract

A new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus is described from Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand. Cyrtodactylus dumnuii sp. nov. may be distinguished from all other congeners by the possession of a series of enlarged femoral scales, disjunct precloacal and femoral pores in males (minute precloacal pores variably present in females), a relatively high number (18–22) of closely spaced, regularly arranged dorsal tubercle rows, well-defined non-denticulate ventrolateral folds, transversely enlarged subcaudal plates, and a color pattern of approximately six pairs of alternating light and dark transverse bands on the trunk. It is the nineteenth member of the genus recorded from Thailand and the eighth Thai Cyrtodactylus known to be a facultative troglophile.

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