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Issue: Vol. 4067 No. 2: 21 Jan. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.2.4
Page range: 185–199
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Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos

Department of Wildlife, Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam.
WWF Greater Mekong, House No. 39, Unit 05, Ban Saylom, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam. Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi,Vietnam.
Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany.
Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany.
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus rufford sp. nov. Khammouane Province morphology phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a new species of the gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus from Khammouane Province, central Laos based on morphological and molecular data. Morphologically, Cyrtodactylus rufford sp. nov. differs from its congeners by a unique combination of the following characters: medium size, SVL reaching 72.5 mm; dorsal pattern with three or four light transverse bands between limb insertions; one intersupranasal; 14–16 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody, weakly developed in the paravertebral region; 27–29 ventral scale rows between ventrolateral folds; 42–43 precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous row in males, enlarged femoral and precloacal scales present; 4 or 5 postcloacal tubercles on each side; dorsal tubercles present at base of tail; medial subcaudal scales enlarged. Molecular analyses show that the new species is closely related to C. khammouanensis, which was originally described from Khammouane Province.

 

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