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Issue: Vol. 3125 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3125.1.4
Page range: 51–63
Abstract views: 53
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A new karstic cave-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northern Vietnam

Department of Environmental Management and Technology, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
Reptilia Cyrtodactylus Gekkonidae description new species Cuc Phuong National Park Ninh Binh

Abstract

A new species of bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus cucphuongensis sp. nov. is described from the karst forest of Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh province, Northern Vietnam. It differs from all other species of Indo-Chinese Cyrtodactylus by the following combination of characters: SVL 96.0 mm; absence of precloacal and femoral pores; 19 subdigital lamellae on first toe, 24 on fourth toe; large, dark spots on top of head; wide, prominent nuchal band; and five or six dark, irregular, broad bands between limb insertions.

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