Cyrtodactylus dati NGO VAN TRI, 2013

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Đạt Bent–toed Gecko Vietnamese: Thằn lằn chân ngón Hoàng Đức Đạt French: Cyrtodactyle de Dat
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus dati NGO VAN TRI 2013
Distribution	Vietnam (Binh Phuoc Province), probably in adjacent Cambodia (Mondulkiri) Type locality: among dry roots beneath the canopy of secondary evergreen forest in Bu Dop State Forest Enterprise, Bu Dop District, Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam (12° 01’252”N , 106° 54’227E) at 100 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: ITBCZ 2375, adult male collected by Ngo Van Tri at 20:30 on 20 September 2011.Paratypes. The paratypes ITBCZ 2348–51 bear the same data as the holotype. Paratype ITBCZ 2343 was collected by the same collector at the same locality but on 1 January 2011.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus dati sp. nov. differs from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 70.1 mm; original tail relatively short (TL/SVL: 1.03–1.08; n =2); no distinct dark brown blotches on head; nuchal loop broken into dark fragments; irregular dark blotches on the dorsum; original tails bearing 10 dark brown alternating rings; 4–10 intersupranasals; a series of five or six precloacal pores in males medially interrupted by one poreless scale; no precloacal groove; three or four femoral pores on each thigh in males; 4–7 enlarged scales beneath thighs; 17–19 interorbital scales on the frontal bone; 23–26 scales in a straight line between eye and nostril; 42–48 rows of ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; 20–22 irregular, longitudinal rows of keeled tubercles at midbody between the ventrolateral folds; 34–35 paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions; 12–13 subdigital lamellae on first toe; 18–19 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; and small subcaudal scales. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 43 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: tree branches and leaves, dry roots close to dry fallen trees, decayed trees, beneath the canopy, 0.1 m–1.0 m above forest floor. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Do, Q.H., Nguyen, H.Q., Nguyen, H.M.V., Le, M.D., Ho, N.A.T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Ziegler, T. & Ngo, H.T. 2025. Hidden biodiversity on the highest mountain in southern Vietnam: the fourth species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1927 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tay Ninh Province. Zootaxa, 5725 (4), 475–495 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here NGO, VAN TRI 2013. Cyrtodactylus dati, a new forest dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3616 (2): 151–164 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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