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Issue: Vol. 1967 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1967.1.3
Page range: 53–62
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

A new endemic cave dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Southwestern Vietnam

Department of Environmental Management and Technology, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Str, Dist. 3, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515, USA
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Pennsylvania, USA
Reptilia Description Hon Tre Island Cyrtodactylus hontreensis

Abstract

A new endemic cave-dwelling species of gekkonid lizard, Cyrtodactylus hontreensis sp. nov., is described from Hon Tre Island in Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve in southwestern Vietnam and differentiated from all other species by a unique suite of the following characters: SVL of 79.7 ± 4.9 mm, three broad transverse dorsal body bands edged in white between limb insertions, very low smooth dorsal body tubercles, the absence of a precloacal groove, 7–8 precloacal pores arranged in a chevron in males, a shallow dorsal groove on the tail, absence of caudal tubercles, and various aspects of color pattern.

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