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Cnemaspis gituen KURITA, KOJIMA, NISHIKAWA & GRAFE, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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SynonymCnemaspis gituen KURITA, KOJIMA, NISHIKAWA & GRAFE 2025: 515 
DistributionBrunei Darussalam

Type locality: Bukit (= Hill) Patoi (4.74895, 115.17654, WGS84; 273 m a.s.l.), Mukim Labu, Temburong District, Brunei Darussalam.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Adult male, UBDM.4.00170 collected by T. Kurita on 7 March 2025.
Paratype. Six adult males and two adult females (UBDM.4.00171 and KUZ R81879–81885 collected by T. Kurita, Y. Kojima, and K. Nishikawa from the same locality as holotype, on 5, 7, and 8 March 2025. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. SVL up to 50.8 mm. Supralabials 11–14; infralabials 9–13; internasals 1–2; postmentals 6–10. Supranasals same size as or slightly larger than surrounding granular scales. Head, ventral, forearm, tibial, subcaudal, and dorsal tubercles keeled; 16–20 paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions, not linearly arranged; tubercles on ventrolateral surface of trunk present and clustered on yellow spots. Precloacal scales with round pores 7–10, arranged in a chevron, separated into right and left at midline by 1–2 poreless scales in adult males; no femoral pores. Single pair of postcloacal tubercles. Enlarged submetatarsal scales beneath first toe; 29–35 subdigital lamellae beneath fourth toes. Tubercles present within lateral caudal furrow, at least anterior part; ventrolateral caudal tubercles present anteriorly; single continuous median row of enlarged keeled (unicarinate) subcaudals. Head, trunk, and limb dorsum dark brown in both sexes; spots on flanks distinct yellow in males and pale in females. Original tail honey yellow with diffuse brown blobs and bleached tip in males, and grey and black banding pattern encircling tail except for white tip in females; regenerated tail yellow in males and dark brown in females. (Kurita et al. 2025)


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References
  • Kurita, T., Kojima, Y., Nishikawa, K. & Grafe, T.U. 2025. A new species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Temburong District, Brunei Darussalam. Zootaxa, 5725 (4), 511–532 - get paper here
 
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