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Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-29
Page range: 114–124
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Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new swamp-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center For Biology - The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Widyasatwaloka Building, Jalan Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515, USA
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
new species Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. Sekunyam Forest Bunguran Island Indonesia

Abstract

Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. is the second newly described species of Bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia. This species occurs in the Sekunyam Forest and is differentiated from all other species of the C. semenanjungensis species group of the Thai-Malay Peninsula by having the following unique combination of characteristics: intermediate size (SVL of adult male holotype 54.6 mm); enlarged femoral scales, femoral pores, no precloacal groove, enlarged precloacal scales, no precloacal pores; subcaudals not enlarged; and dorsal pattern blotched but lacking paired, dark, semilunar-shaped blotches on upper nape. The new species is the sister species of C. majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim.