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Cyrtodactylus paradoxus (DAREVSKY & SZCZERBAK, 1997)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymGonydactylus paradoxus DAREVSKY & SZCZERBAK 1997
Cyrtodactylus paradoxus — ORLOV et al. 2007
Cyrtodactylus cf. paradoxus — ZIEGLER et al. 2015 
DistributionVietnam (Kieng Giang, Phu Quoc Island, Hon Thom Isle)

Type locality: Hon Thom Isle near south point of Phu Quoc Island, Kieng Giang Province, South Vietnam.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP (ZIL) 20310 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (after Darevsky and Szczerbak, 1997): “A medium-sized species of Gonydactylus (= Cyrtodactylus) with an adult body size of 45 – 80 mm in SVL; no preanal groove, no preanal and femoral pores in male or female, enlarged femoral scales distinct; 26 – 36 mid-ventral scale rows between indistinct lateral folds; 17 – 23 subdigital lamellae under fourth toe; a median series of transversely widened subcaudal scales; irregular crossbands on the dorsum. All type specimens are known only from Hon Tom Isle, Phu Quoc Island in South Vietnam.” 
Comment 
Etymologyfrom the Greek “paradoxus” (= unusual, strange), referring to the lack of femoral and preanal pores. 
References
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Darevsky, Ilya S; Szczerbak, Nikolai N 1997. A new gecko of the genus Gonydactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) with a key to the species from Vietnam. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 19-22 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. and L. Lee Grismer. 2016. Cyrtodactylus paradoxus Reproduction. Herpetological Review 47 (1): 136 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; THOMAS CALAME, Truong QUang Nguyen, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2015. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the limestone forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4058 (3): 388–402 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, HUY QUANG DO, THOMAS ZIEGLER, 2011. A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Huong Son limestone forest, Hanoi, northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3129: 39–50 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; Truong QUang Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2016. A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4079 (1): 087–102 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG;THOMAS CALAME, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2014. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, Laos. Zootaxa 3760 (1): 054–066 - get paper here
  • Nazarov, Roman A., Nikolai L. Orlov, Ngoc Sang Nguyen and Thu Cuc Ho. 2008. Taxonomy of naked-toes geckos Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex of south Vietnam and description of a new species from Chu Yang Sin Natural Park (Krong Bong district, Dac Lac province, Vietnam). Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (2):141-156 - get paper here
  • NAZAROV, ROMAN; NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, TRUNG MY PHUNG, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, DUC MINH HOANG & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2012. Two new cryptic species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3302: 1–24 - get paper here
  • Ngo van Tri, L. Lee Grismer & J. L. Grismer 2010. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Phu Quoc National Park, Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, Southwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2604: 37–51 - get paper here
  • Ngo, Van Tri 2008. Two new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 1909: 37–51 - get paper here
  • Ngo, Van Tri 2011. Cyrtodactylus martini, another new karst-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2834: 33–46 - get paper here
  • NGO, VAN TRI & L. LEE GRISMER 2012. A new endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tho Chu Island, southwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3228: 48–60 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Onn, Chan Kin & Norhayati Ahmad 2010. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia. Zootaxa 2389: 47–56 - get paper here
  • Orlov, Nikolai L., Quang Truong Nguyen, Roman A. Nazarov, Natalia B. Anajeva and Ngoc Sang Nguyen. 2007. A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 and redescription of Cyrtodactylus paradoxus (Darevsky et Szczerbak, 1997) [Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae] from south Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 14 (2):145-152 - get paper here
  • PHUNG, TRUNG MY; MONA VAN SCHINGEN,, THOMAS ZIEGLER, & TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN 2014. A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3764 (3): 347–363 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. & Glaw, F. 2008. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus. Zootaxa 1729: 8–22 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert; Thanh, Vu Ngoc; Truong, Nguyen Quang; Tri, Ngo Van & Ziegler, Thomas 2008. A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Central Vietnam. Hamadryad 33 (1): 48 – 63 - get paper here
  • Tri, Ngo Van & Onn, Chan Kinn 2010. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2504: 47–60 - get paper here
  • Ziegler, T., RAUHAUS, A., NGUYEN, T.Q. & NGUYEN, K.V. 2015. Südlichster Nachweis von Gekko badenii SZCZERBAK & NEKRASOVA, 1994, mit Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna der Hon-Me-Auffangstation in der Provinz Kien Giang, Südvietnam. Sauria 37 (2): 3 - 14 - get paper here
  • Ziegler, T.; ROMAN NAZAROV, NIKOLAI ORLOV, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, THANH NGOC VU, KIEN NGOC DANG, TRI HUY DINH, ANDREAS SCHMITZ 2010. A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son Range, Vietnam. Zootaxa 2413: 20–36 - get paper here
  • Ziegler, T.; TRUNG MY PHUNG, MINH DUC LE, Truong QUang Nguyen 2013. A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3686 (4): 432–446 - get paper here
 
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