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Issue: Vol. 4079 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.6
Page range: 87–102
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A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos

Department of Wildlife, Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D–50735 Cologne, Germany.
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus bansocensis sp. nov. limestone karst morphology phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Khammouane Province, central Laos based on morphological features and molecular data. Morphologically, Cyrtodactylus bansocensis sp. nov. is differentiated from other congeners by a unique combination of the following characters: medium size, SVL reaching 74.0 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of four light transverse bands between limb insertions; supranasals in contact with each other; dorsal tubercles at midbody in 14–15 irregular rows; lateral folds present without interspersed tubercles; ventral scales between ventrolateral folds 34–35; precloacal and femoral pores in males 34, separated by four poreless scales in the male holotype and in a continuous row in the male paratype; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales present; postcloacal tubercles 5–7 on each side; dorsal tubercles present at tail base; and subcaudal scales transversely enlarged. Molecular analyses revealed the new species to be closely related to Cyrtodactylus rufford, which is also found in Khammouane Province.

 

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