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Issue: Vol. 3785 No. 4: 7 Apr. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.4.2
Page range: 518–532
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa Province, southern Vietnam

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, 50735 Cologne, Germany.
Dong Khoi 9A, Tam Hiep, Bien Hoa, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam;
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Hanoi National University, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, Vietnam Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 10024-5192
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus cucdongensis sp. nov. new species morphology taxonomy molecular phylogeny

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from southern Vietnam, based on morphological and molecular datasets. Cyrtodactylus cucdongensis sp. nov. is described on the basis of seven specimens collected from Cuc Dong Cape, Khanh Hoa Province. The new species can be distinguished from the remaining bent-toed geckos by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL 65.9 mm; 16–19 dorsal tubercle rows; 41–44 ventral scales at midbody; 5 or 6 precloacal pores in males, 4–6 pitted precloacal scales in females; no femoral pores; 6–13 enlarged precloacal scales; 5–9 enlarged femoral scales; no transversally enlarged subcaudals; dorsal pattern consisting of irregular dark bands. This is the 33rd species of Cyrtodactylus known from Vietnam.