<strong>Two new species of <em>Cyrtodactylus </em>(Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand</strong>

AARON M. BAUER; MONTRI SUMONTHA; OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.376.1.1

Issue: Vol. 376 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2003

Type: Article

Published: 2003-12-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.376.1.1

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**Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand**

AARON M. BAUER⁺⁻
MONTRI SUMONTHA⁺⁻
OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS⁺⁻

Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA

Ranong Marine Fisheries Station, 157 M. 1 Saphan Pla Road, Pak Nam, Muang, Ranong 85000, THAILAND

Department of Recent Vertebrates, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, BELGIUM

Reptiles Cyrtodactylus Gekkonidae new species description Thailand cave-dwelling

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Abstract

Two new species of the gekkonid lizard genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, C. tigroides, sp. nov. and C. chanhomeae, sp. nov. are described on the basis of material collected in Kanchanaburi and Saraburi provinces, bringing the number of species of this genus in Thailand to 14. Both species have relatively slender bodies and elongate tails, limbs and digits. They differ significantly, however, with respect to precloacal and femoral pore arrangement and color pattern. They share a common habitus with the recently described C. sumonthai Bauer et al., which may reflect a close relationship or a similar limestone outcrop and cave dwelling ecology.

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