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Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus OLIVER, KREY, MUMPUNI & RICHARDS, 2011

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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SynonymCyrtodactylus boreoclivus OLIVER, KREY, MUMPUNI & RICHARDS 2011 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (West Sepik Province)

Type locality: Kukumbau area of Mount Sapau, (3° 23' S, 142° 31' E), between 1000–1200 metres altitude, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMS R135519, adult male, collected by Pavel German on 10 Mar 1990. Paratypes. MZB lace7474 (field-number SJR 13593), 7475 (SJR 13594), SJR13593, all adult females; SJR 13613, adult male; Foja Mountains (2° 35' 27.8"S, 138° 43' 11.9"E), Papua Province, Indonesia, at approximately 1250 metres altitude, collected by Paul Oliver between 19–21 Nov 2008. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Melanesian and Wallacean Cyrtodactylus by the following unique combination of characters: moderately large size (SVL to 109 mm); rela- tively slender body with robust head (HW/SVL 0.193–0.213); enlarged femoral-scale series extending beyond the knees; males with precloacal (12) and femoral (17–25) pores arranged in three independent series; femoral-pore series extending beyond the knee; medial subcaudal scales in mostly single row and transversely enlarged to approximately one third width of tail; tail without prominent dentate tubercles; and dorsal colouration consisting of 5 to 7 very irregular and indistinct dark-brown transverse bands. 
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References
  • OLIVER, PAUL;KELIOPAS KREY, MUMPUNI & STEPHEN RICHARDS 2011. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae) from the North Papuan Mountains. Zootaxa 2930: 22–32 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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