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Issue: Vol. 5512 No. 3: 20 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.3
Page range: 373-388
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Cyrtodactylus panitvongi, a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Rue Vautier 29; B-1000 Brussels; Belgium
EEST Energy Services (Thailand) Limited; Rasa Tower II; Unit No. 2501-2502; 25th Floor; 555; Phaholyothin Rd.; Chatuchak; Bangkok 10900; Thailand
Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Khon Kaen University; Muang; Khon Kaen 40002; Thailand
Ranong Marine Fisheries Research and Development Station; 157 Chaloem Phrakiat Rd.; Paknam; Muang; Ranong 85000; Thailand
Faculty of Science and Technology; Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya; 109 M. 2; Tham Yai Subdistrict; Thung Song District; Nakhon Si Thammarat Province 80110; Thailand
Reptilia taxonomy morphology karst cave fauna herpetology trogloxene Saraburi Group limestones

Abstract

We describe Cyrtodactylus panitvongi sp. nov. from Tham Khao Chan (14°58’42.2”N 101°18’40.6”E), a limestone cave in Lopburi Province, central Thailand. The new species is characterized by the following combination of morphological characters and pattern: maximal known snout-vent length of 85 mm, 15–18 interorbital scales, 35–37 interciliary scales, 10–12 supralabials, 9–11 infralabials, 29–33 paravertebral tubercles of which 22–25 between limb insertions, 18 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 40–42 ventral scale rows at midbody, poorly defined, non-denticulate ventrolateral folds, a series of 13 or 14 enlarged femoroprecloacal scales including 2 pores on the proximalmost scales on each side separated by a single smaller medial scale in males, or six precloacal pits on a continuous series of 32–34 enlarged femoroprecloacal scales in females, no precloacal groove or depression, two or three postcloacal spurs on each side of the base of the tail in males and females, no interdigital webbing, 16–19 total subdigital lamellae on 4th toe, a row of widened median subcaudal plates, a banded dorsal pattern including an uninterrupted nuchal collar and three dark bands on dorsum, 10 or 11 dark-colored rings on original tail, and a golden iris. This trogloxene species is added to a long list of squamates endemic to the Saraburi Group Limestones.

 

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