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Cyrtodactylus hutan DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus hutan DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS 2023 
DistributionMalaysia (Borneo: Miri Division)

Type locality: Gunung Mulu National Park, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UNIMAS 9647, adult female collected by Hayden R. Davis and Izneil Nashriq. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus hutan sp. nov. can be distinguished from all recognized Cyrtodactylus species by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of at least 116 mm; 11–13 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; moderate tuberculation on dorsal surface of body; no tubercles on ventral surface of body; 40–49 paravertebral tubercles; 13–20 longitudinal tubercle rows; 45–80 ventral scales; 21–27 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; 0–2 femoral pores; often enlarged femoral scales; 0–11 preanal pores; preanal pit; indistinct dorsal body bands; rostral chevron; and a single row of enlarged caudal scales. The species can further be distinguished using fixed genetic differences. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet hutan is Bahasa Melayu word for forest. The species is a large-bodied forest-dweller, and is among the most frequently encountered and conspicuous geckos in the Miri Division forests at night. 
References
  • DAVIS, H. R., NASHRIQ, I., WOYTEK, K. S., WIKRAMANAYAKE, S. A., BAUER, A. M., KARIN, B. R., ... & DAS, I. 2023. Redescription of two Bornean gekkonid lizard species of the Cyrtodactylus consobrinus (Peters, 1871) complex with comments on online supplementary material. Bionomina 35 (1): 9-19 - get paper here
  • Davis, H. R., Nashriq, I., Woytek, K. S., Wikramanayake, S. A., Bauer, A. M., Karin, B. R., Brennan, I. G., Iskandar, D. T., & Das, I. 2023. Genomic analysis of Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) reveals need for updated taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1– 15 - get paper here
 
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