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Cyrtodactylus roesleri ZIEGLER, NAZAROV, ORLOV, NGUYEN, VU, DANG, DINH & SCHMITZ, 2010

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Roesler’s Bent-toed Gecko
Vietnamese: Thach sung ngon ro-x-lo 
SynonymCyrtodactylus roesleri ZIEGLER, NAZAROV, ORLOV, NGUYEN, VU, DANG, DINH & SCHMITZ 2010
Cyrtodactylus roesleri — RÖSLER 2018: 92 
DistributionVietnam (Quang Binh)

Type locality: nearby Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Minh Hoa District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 89377, adult male, collected on 22 May 2009 by Thomas Ziegler and Kien Ngoc Dang. Paratypes. Three adult males (IEBR A.0932, MHNG 2713.79, VNUH 220509) and one juvenile (ZFMK 89378) from the type locality, collected by Thomas Ziegler and Kien Ngoc Dang on 22 May 2009; one adult female (ZFMK 86433) collected by Thomas Ziegler and Astrid Heidrich in June 2006 within Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam; ten adult males (ZISP 25777-25782, ZMMU R-13061-1, ZMMU R-13061-2, ZMMU R-13061-3, ZMMU R-13061-4) and four adult females (ZISP 25783, ZISP 25784, ZMMU R-13061-5, ZMMU R-13051-6) collected by Nikolai Orlov in July 2003 within Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small, slender Cyrtodactylus with a maximum SVL of 75.3 mm, distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: 1) dorsal pattern consisting of dark nuchal band and 4–5 sometimes irregular shaped dark transversal bands between limbs; 2) dorsal tubercles present on the back of head, body, hind limbs and tail base; 3) ventrals in 34–40 longitudinal rows at midbody; 4) lateral folds absent; 5) continuous series of 20–28 precloacal and femoral pores in males; 6) enlarged femoral scales present; 7) enlarged precloacal scales present; 8) precloacal groove absent; 9) 5–8 postcloacal spurs in both sexes; 10) subcaudal scales transversally enlarged; 11) fourth toe with 17–21 subdigital lamellae. 
CommentDistribution: Not in Laos fide Stuart et al. in WCS 2024. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • LOOS, JACQUELINE;, HENRIK VON WEHRDEN,, KIEN NGOC DANG , AND THOMAS ZIEGLER 2012. NICHE SEGREGATION IN MICROHABITAT USE OF THREE SYMPATRIC CYRTODACTYLUS IN THE PHONG NHA-KE BANG NATIONAL PARK, CENTRAL VIETNAM. Herp. Cons. Biol. 7 (1):101−108 - 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
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