Tuesday, June 10, 2014

[Herpetology • 2014] ตุ๊กกายดอยสุเทพ | Cyrtodactylus doisuthep | Doi Suthep Bent-toed Gecko • A New Forest-Dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand


ตุ๊กกายดอยสุเทพ | Doi Suthep Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus doisuthep
Kunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi & Dangsri. 2014

photo: M. Sumontha siamensis.org | DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.2.6 

Abstract
We describe a new forest-dwelling Cyrtodactylus from Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Cyrtodactylus doisuthep sp. nov. is characterized by a maximal known SVL of 90.5 mm; 19 or 20 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; a continuous series of 34 or 35 enlarged femoro-precloacal scales, including six or seven pitted scales on each femur (male and females) separated by a diastema from six pitted (females) or pore-bearing (male) precloacal scales; no precloacal groove or depression; transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; and six or seven irregular thin beige dorsal bands between limb insertions.

Keywords: Cyrtodactylus doisuthep sp. nov., taxonomy, new species, Doi Suthep-Pui National Park


Kunya, Kirati, Aumporn Panmongkol, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Montri Sumontha, Jiraporn Meewasana, Woraphot Bunkhwamdi & Siriwat Dangsri. 2014. A New Forest-Dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Zootaxa3811(2): 251–261. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.2.6