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Cyrtodactylus mendol RIYANTO, FAUZI, KADAFI, MUNIR, HAMIDY, SIDIK, FIRMANSYAH, LESTARI, FADHILLAH, ABINAWANTO & SMITH, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mendol Bent-toed Gecko
Indonesian: Cecak jarilengkung Mendol 
SynonymCyrtodactylus mendol RIYANTO, FAUZI, KADAFI, MUNIR, HAMIDY, SIDIK, FIRMANSYAH, LESTARI, FADHILLAH, ABINAWANTO & SMITH 2025: 195 
DistributionIndonesia (East Java)

Type locality: Polaman village, Dampit Regency, Malang District, East Java Province, Indonesia (8°14’37.2’’S, 112°44’43.5”E, 448 m asl.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Adult male (MZB.Lace.15007), collected on 21 September 2019 by A. Riyanto, M.A. Fauzi and Ahmad M. Kadafi.
Paratypes. Adult male (MZB.Lace.15006), two females (MZB.Lace.15009–10), data as same holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species is a distinct evolutionary lineage closely related to C. belanegara, C. marmoratus, and C. semiadii. It can be differentiated from other congeners by the following combination of characters: known maximum SVL 65.9 mm in males, 64.3 mm in females; two pairs of post caudal tubercles; second post mentals separated by 5–7 scales; 17–18 dorsal tubercle rows; 30–35 paravertebral tubercles; 38–40 ventral smooth scales across midbody; precloacal depression, precloacal and femoral pores present in male; precloacal depression in a deep grooved form; 15–17 precloacal pores arranged in an inverted Y; 7–12 femoral pores; 3–5 poreless femoral scales separated from precloacal and femoral pores; abrupt transition between rows of large and small postfemoral and ventral femoral scales; absence of enlarged subcaudals. (Riyanto et al. 2025)


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References
  • Riyanto, A., Fauzi, M.A., Kadafi, A.M., Munir, M., Hamidy, A., Sidik, I., Firmansyah, R., Lestari, R., Fadhillah, Abinawanto & Smith, + N. 2025. One more new bent-toed gecko of the Javanese Cyrtodactylus marmoratus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from East Java, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5683 (2), 189–211 - get paper here
 
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