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Issue: Vol. 2413 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2413.1.2
Page range: 20–36
Abstract views: 40
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A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son Range, Vietnam

Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, 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
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, University of Science, Faculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Zoological Museum, 334 Nguyen Trai Str., Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Phong Nha – Son Trach Commune, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Phong Nha – Son Trach Commune, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus roesleri sp. nov. Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park Quang Binh Province Vietnam morphology taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a third cryptic species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Cyrtodactylus roesleri 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 75.3 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of dark nuchal band and 4–5 sometimes irregularly shaped dark transversal bands between limbs; ventrals in 34–40 longitudinal rows at midbody; continuous series of 20–28 precloacal and femoral pores in males; subcaudal scales transversally enlarged. It is the 15 th new reptilian taxon described as new from the karst forests of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the past decade. In addition, it is the 19 th species of Cyrtodactylus known from Vietnam and the third Cyrtodactylus occurring in sympatry in the karst forests of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.

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