Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sanpel cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 58 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Mawlamyine District, Mon State) Type locality: Sanpel Cave 21.3 km south-east of Mawlamyine, Mawlamyine District, Mon State, Myanmar (N16°22.427, E97°46.388; 44 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12877, Adult male collected on 8 October 2016 between 1600 and 2000 h by Myint Kyaw Thura, L. Lee Grismer, Marta S. Grismer, Evan S. H. Quah, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Thaw Zin and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult males BYU 52223, LSUHC 12875, 12881, 12883, 12887, 12889–90, adult females BYU 52221–22, 52224, LSUHC 12878–80, 12886 and juvenile LSUHC 12885 bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of 9–11 supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; 12–14 rows of longitudinal body tubercles; 27–31 paravertebral tubercles; 35–41 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight or nine expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 12 or 13 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae, 20–22 total subdigital lamellae; low, weakly keeled, dorsal body tubercles; body tubercles not extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales not continuous; 14–20 enlarged femoral scales; 8–16 femoral pores in males; 9–12 enlarged precloacal scales; seven or eight precloacal pores in males; two rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; median subcaudal scales three times as wide as long, extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head diffusely mottled, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border straight or sinuous; five (rarely four), dark, regularly shaped, dorsal bands not wider than interspaces, nearly always with lightened centres, not edged with white tubercles; band on nape present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral fold not whitish; anterodorsal margin of thighs and brachia unpigmented; 7–10 light caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 7–10 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and regenerated tail not spotted. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, sanpelensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Sanpel Cave. |
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