<strong>A new species of <em>Cyrtodactylus </em>(Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos</strong>

TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN; PHOUTHONE KINGSADA; HERBERT RÖSLER; MARKUS AUER; THOMAS ZIEGLER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2652.1.1

Issue: Vol. 2652 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2010

Type: Articles

Published: 2010-10-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2652.1.1

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**A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos**

TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN⁺⁻
PHOUTHONE KINGSADA⁺⁻
HERBERT RÖSLER⁺⁻
MARKUS AUER⁺⁻
THOMAS ZIEGLER⁺⁻

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Hanoi, Vietnam Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany

Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany

AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany

Reptilia Squamata Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus wayakonei sp. n. taxonomy Laos

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Abstract

We describe a new species of the gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus from northern Laos, based on four specimens from Luang Nam Tha Province. Cyrtodactylus wayakonei sp. n. is distinguished from the remaining bent-toed-geckos by the combination of the following characters: snout-vent length up to 90 mm; 7–8 supralabials; 9–10 infralabials; rostrum bearing smooth scales; 34–45 scales between fifth supralabials; dorsal tubercles smooth or slightly keeled; 17–19 dorsal tubercle rows; ventrolateral folds slightly developed, with large tubercles; 31–35 ventrals; 85–98 scales around midbody; 151–163 scales between mental and cloacal slit; 6–8 precloacal pores in both sexes; precloacal groove lacking; enlarged femoral scales absent; femoral pores lacking; subcaudals somewhat enlarged, broadened; tail tubercles flat, smooth; head and dorsum with blotched to reticulated pattern.

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