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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.3
Page range: 45-62
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New bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Simeulue Island, Indonesia

Laboratory of Herpetology; “Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense”; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Widyasatwaloka Building; Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. 46; Cibinong 16911; West Java; Indonesia
Department of Biology; Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Indonesia Defence University; Peace and Security Center (IPSC) Sentul; Bogor 16810; West Java; Indonesia
Directorate of Scientific Collection Management; National Research and Innovation Agency; Jakarta; Indonesia
Laboratory of Herpetology; “Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense”; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Widyasatwaloka Building; Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. 46; Cibinong 16911; West Java; Indonesia
Department of Biology; Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Indonesia Defence University; Peace and Security Center (IPSC) Sentul; Bogor 16810; West Java; Indonesia
Reptilia Indonesia Simeulue Cyrtodactylus taxonomy

Abstract

We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray that belongs to the C. quadrivirgatus complex within the C. sworderi group from Simeulue, an adjacent island to Sumatra. It is a medium-sized (SVL) species with adult males reaching 57.2 mm and females 59.9 mm; tubercles present on both dorsal of brachium; ventrolateral fold present; 20–22 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; 34–35 paravertebral tubercle series; 38–42 ventral scale rows across belly; precloacal groove absent; 2 precloacal pores present in males, absent in females; enlarged precloacofemoral scales present; abrupt transition between the enlarged femorals and the adjacent scales on the posterior margin of the thigh; 21 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; and subequal median subcaudal scales not transversely enlarged. The new species is genetically divergent from the other congeners of the C. sworderi group, with genetic divergences (p-distances) ranging from 12.4–20.1% for the mitochondrial ND2 gene.

 

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How to Cite

Riyanto, A., Jusivani, S.T., Mulyadi, Hamidy, A. & Nikmah, I.A. (2025) New bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Simeulue Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 5673 (1), 45–62. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.3