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Issue: Vol. 3764 No. 3: 11 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.5
Page range: 347–363
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam

Dong Khoi 9A, Tam Hiep, Bien Hoa, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, Germany
Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, Germany
Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam
Cyrtodactylus thuongae sp. nov. Tay Ninh Province southern Vietnam morphology taxonomy

Abstract

We describe the third new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam based on a type series consisting of eleven specimens. Cyrtodactylus thuongae sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese Bent-toed Geckos by a combination of the following morphological characters: size medium, with a maximum SVL of 77.6 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of blotches between limbs and on occiput and a sometimes medially opened nuchal loop; dorsal tubercles in 16–18 irregular rows; ventrals in 29–44 longitudinal rows at midbody; lateral skin folds present, lacking tubercles; femoral pore series separated from precloacal pore series in males, 0–3 on each side; precloacal pores in males absent or only one; enlarged femoral scales and precloacal scales present, separated by a series of 15–16 smaller scales; postcloacal spurs two or three; subcaudal scales slightly enlarged. This is the 32nd described Cyrtodactylus species from Vietnam.