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Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus GRISMER & AHMAD, 2008

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tuberculate Bent-toed Gecko, Large Tubercled Bent-toed Gecko
Thai: Took-kai Phuket [phuketensis]
E: Phuket bent-toed gecko [phuketensis]
F: Cyrtodactyle de Phuket [phuketensis]
Dutch: Phuketkromvingergekko [phuketensis] 
SynonymCyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus GRISMER & AHMAD 2008
Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus — GRISMER 2011
Cyrtodactylus phuketensis SUMONTHA, PAUWELS, KUNYA, NITIKUL, SAMPHANTHAMIT & GRISMER 2012
Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 
DistributionW Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah)

Type locality: beneath an overpass on the road to Gunung Raya (06°23.023 N, 99°49.126 E; 621 m elevation), Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia.

phuketensis: Thailand (Phuket Island); Type locality: Ban Bangrong (coordinates UTM UPS ca. 47 p0433130 0888891 = 08°02.465N, 98°23.588E; elevation ca. 41 m), Thalang District, Phuket Island, Phuket Province, southwestern Thailand  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZRC 2.6754, adult male, collected by L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Timothy A. Youmans, and Norsham Yaakob on 8 August 2005. Paratypes: ZRC
Holotype: PSUZC RT 2010.58, adult male (formerly Montri Sumontha field number MS 510). Collected by Kirati Kunya on 2 June 2008. Paratypes. Adult male THNHM 15378 (formerly MS 509) and adult female QSMI 1170 (formerly MS 508). Locality, collecting date, and collector are the same as the holotype [phuketensis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus is distinguished from all other Sunda Shelf species by having a maximum SVL of 120 mm; very large, trihedral, keeled, tubercles on body, limbs, and tail; tubercles present on occiput and top of head; no granular scales (only large tubercles) on dorsal surfaces of limbs; 19–22 ventral scales; transversely enlarged, median, subcaudal scales; proximal subdigital lamellae square; 21–23 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; abrupt transition between posterior and ventral femoral scales; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales with a continuous series of 35–37 pore-bearing scales (femoero-precloacal scales); precloacal groove present, precloacal depression absent; no white recticulum on head; body and tail banded, limbs immaculate. The majority of these characters are summarized across all Sunda Shelf species in Table 1 in GRISMER & AHMAD 2008.


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CommentNCBI taxonomy ID: 2870636 [phuketensis]

Synonymy: Termprayoon et al. 2021 synonymized C. phuketensis with C. macrotuberculatus. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet phuketensis refers to Phuket Island, on which the type locality is situated. 
References
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. and L. Lee Grismer. 2014. Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus (tuberculate bent-toed gecko) reproduction. Herpetological Review 45 (2): 327 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee & Ahmad, N. 2008. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 1924: 53–68 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; & EVAN S. H. QUAH 2019. An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos. Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Perry L. Wood, Jr. and Kelvin K. P. Lim 2012. Cyrtodactylus majulah, a new species of bent-toed gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Singapore and the Riau Archipelago. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2): 487-499 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 728 pp. [review in Herp. Rev. 43: 155] - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY L. WOOD, JR, SHAHRUL ANUAR, MARTA S. GRISMER, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, HAYDEN R. DAVIS, CÉSAR AGUILAR, RANDY KLABACKA, ANTHONY J. COBOS, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, JACK W. SITES, JR 2016. Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems. Zootaxa 4105 (5): 401-429 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, MOHD. ABDUL MUIN, MONTRI SUMONTHA, NORHAYATI AHMAD, AARON M. BAUER, SANSAREEYA WANGKULANGKUL, JESSE L. GRISMER & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS 2012. A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3520: 1–55
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY L. WOOD, SHAHRUL ANUAR, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, MAKETAB MOHAMED, CHAN KIN ONN, ALEXANDRA X. SUMARLI, ARIEL I. LOREDO, HEATHER M. HEINZ 2014. The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3786 (3): 359–381 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • 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
  • ONN, CHAN KIN; L. LEE. GRISMER, DIONYSIUS S. SHARMA, DAICUS BELABUT, and NORHAYATI AHMA 2009. New herpetofaunal records for Perlis State Park and adjacent areas. Malayan Nature Journal 61 (4): 255 - 262
  • QUAH, EVAN S. H.; L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & SHAHRUL ANUAR MOHD SAH 2019. The discovery and description of a new species of Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4668 (1): 051–075 - get paper here
  • QUAH, EVAN S.H.; L. LEE GRISMER & M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR. 2022. Observation of Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus Grismer & Norhayati, 2008 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) mating behaviour in the wild. Herpetology Notes 15: 291–294. - get paper here
  • SUMONTHA, MONTRI; OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS, KIRATI KUNYA, AWAT NITIKUL, PHAMON SAMPHANTHAMIT & L. LEE GRISMER 2012. A new forest-dwelling gecko from Phuket Island, Southern Thailand, related to Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3522: 61–72 - get paper here
  • Termprayoon, K., Rujirawan, A., Grismer, L. L., Wood Jr, P. L., & Aowphol, A. 2021. Taxonomic reassessment and phylogenetic placement of Cyrtodactylus phuketensis (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. ZooKeys, 1040, 91 - get paper here
  • WOOD JR, PERRY L.; L. LEE GRISMER, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, SHAHRUL ANUAR, JAMIE R. OAKS 2020. A new potentially endangered limestone-associated Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex from northern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4751 (3): 437–460 - get paper here
 
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