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Issue: Vol. 2115 No. 1: 22 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2115.1.4
Page range: 47–55
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia

Center for Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Darling Building, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia Terrestrial Vertebrates, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
21 Heath Lawns, Fareham, Hampshire, PO Box 15 5QB, UK
Herpetology Division, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Widyasatwaloka Building-LIPI, Jalan Raya Cibinong Km 46, Cibinong 16911, West Java, Indonesia
Department of Ecology and Biosystematics, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, 10, Jalan Ganesa, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Yayasan Alam Indonesia Lestari (LINI), The Indonesian Nature Foundation Office, Jl. Tirtanadi 21, Kelurahan Sanur Kauh, Kecamatan Denpasar, Selatan Bali, 80227, Indonesia
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus Gekkonidae Maluku Wallacea

Abstract

A new species of Cyrtodacylus is described from the island of Seram, Maluku Province, Indonesia. Cyrtodactylus nuaulu sp. nov. can be distinguished from other described Cyrtodactylus by the combination of moderate size, dorsal colouration consisting of relatively few large dark brown blotches, presence of a precloacal groove and whorls of dentate tubercles extending the length of the tail. The new species is the fourth reptile currently known only from Seram and surrounding islands, and the herpetofauna of this area appears to include a small but biogeographically significant endemic component.

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