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Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.3
Page range: 54–66
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, Laos

Department of Wildlife, Faculty of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam. Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany. AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D–50735 Cologne, Germany.
WWF Greater Mekong, House No. 39, Unit 05, Ban Saylom, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany.
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D–50735 Cologne, Germany
Cyrtodactylus jaegeri sp. nov. Indochina karst forest morphology taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus based on two adult specimens from Khammouane Province, Laos. Cyrtodactylus jaegeri sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent–toed geckos by a combination of the following characters: a moderately sized Cyrtodactylus with a maximum SVL reaching 68.5 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of a dark nuchal loop and four narrow brown body bands between limb insertions; dorsal tubercles in 15–17 irregular rows; ventrals in 31–32 longitudinal rows at midbody; lateral skin folds present with interspersed tubercles; precloacal–femoral pores 44 in the male, in a continuous series; enlarged femoral scales and precloacal scales present; postcloacal tubercles 3–6; subcaudals transversely enlarged. Cyrtodactylus jaegeri sp. nov. is the ninth species of Cyrtodactylus known from Laos.