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Cyrtodactylus eisenmanae NGO VAN TRI, 2008

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eisenman’s bent-toed gecko
Vietnamese: “Than lan chân ngón Eisenman” 
SynonymCyrtodactylus eisenmani NGO VAN TRI 2008
Cyrtodactylus eisenmanae — GEISSLER et al. 2009
Cyrtodactylus eisenmani — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Cyrtodactylus eisenmanse — GRISMER et al. 2017 (in error)
Cyrtodactylus eisenmanae — NGUYEN et al. 2021 
DistributionSW Vietnam (Kien Giang Province)

Type locality: Hon Son Island, Lai Son commune, Kien Hai district, Kien Giang Province, Southwestern Vietnam (09°47.994’N 104°37.424’E), ca. 200 m in elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UNS, Zoological Collection of Faculty of Biology, University of Natural Sciences (UNS): UNS 0244, an adult male; collected by Ngo Van Tri on 24 March 2006. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus eisenmani sp. nov. differs from all congeners in the following combination of the characteristics: SVL of 76.8–89.2 mm; head with band on occiput; 15–18 scales across narrowest point of frontal bone; 15–18 scales between eye and nostril; body slender, limbs and digits long and slender; original tail very long (TL/SVL = 1.28); dorsal pattern with four narrow white bands on chocolate-brown background, one other band on tail; 14 irregular longitudinal rows of weakly keeled tubercles at midbody between ventrolateral folds; 19–22 paravertebral tubercles; precloacal groove and pores absent; 4–6 enlarged femoral scales beneath each thigh; 44–45 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds at midbody; 22–25 subdigital lamellae on first toe; 17–18 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; enlarged scales on heel; subcaudal scales enlarged to form broad transverse plates. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
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  • DAVID, PATRICK; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, NICOLE SCHNEIDER & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2011. A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from central Laos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2833: 29–40 - get paper here
  • Geissler, P.; Nazarov, R.; Orlov, N.L.; Böhme, W.; My Phung, T.; Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2009. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2161: 20–32 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., Oliver, P.M., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Karunarathna, S., Welton, L.J., Stuart, B.L., Luu, V.Q., Bauer, A.M., O’Connell, K.A., Quah, E.S.H., Chan. K,O., Ziegler, T., N 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; JESSE L. GRISMER 2017. A re-evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the Cyrtodactylus condorensis group (Squamata; Gekkonidae) and a suggested protocol for the characterization of rock-dwelling ecomorphology in Cyrtodactylus. Zootaxa 4300 (4): 486–504 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L.L. & JACOB SMITH 2023. Additions to the herpetofauna of Hon Son Island, Rach Gia Bay, Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam with a discussion of syntopy between the granite cave-adapted Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus eisenmanae and a new Cyrtodactylus of uncertain taxonomic status. Zootaxa 5346 (3): 307–316 - get paper here
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