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Issue: Vol. 2161 No. 1: 17 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2161.1.2
Page range: 20–32
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya ul. 6, Moscow 103009, Russia
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Dong Khoi 9A, Tam Hiep, Bien Hoa, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Hanoi, Vietnam
Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, Germany
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus cattienensis sp. nov. Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau Provinces southern Vietnam natural history taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from southern Vietnam, based on voucher specimens collected from Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau provinces. Cyrtodactylus cattienensis sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent-toed geckos by a combination of the following characters: size small, with a maximum SVL of 69 mm; neck band present, extending to the posterior margin of the eye; trunk, tail and limbs bearing irregularly shaped bands: 4–6 light bands on trunk and 4–12 white bands on tail; 16–22 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 28–42 longitudinal rows of ventrals at midbody; lateral folds weakly developed or absent, without enlarged tubercles; tail not depressed, not enlarged at base, scales arranged in whorls; males with 6–8 precloacal pores in angular continuous series; a patch of enlarged precloacal scales present in both sexes; 3–8 slightly enlarged femoral scales on each hind limb in both sexes; femoral pores absent; precloacal groove absent; subcaudal scales small, not transversely enlarged.

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