Cnemaspis niyomwanae GRISMER, SUMONTHA, COTA, GRISMER, WOOD, PAUWELS & KUNYA, 2010
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Cnemaspis niyomwanae
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Niyomwan’s Rock Gecko Thai: Djing Djok Niew Yaow Niyomwan |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis niyomwanae GRISMER, SUMONTHA, COTA, GRISMER, WOOD, PAUWELS & KUNYA 2010 Cnemaspis niyomwanae — GRISMER et al. 2014: 36 |
| Distribution | NE Thailand (border regions of Trang and Satun provinces), W Cambodia Type locality: Thum Khao Ting, Palean District, Trang Province, Thailand (07°09.943N 99°48.142E) at 28 m in elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: THNHM 15910, adult female. Collected by M. Sumontha on 26 December 2009. Paratypes. Adult male (ZMKU Rep-000315), adult female (PSUZC RT 2010.56), subadult males (CUMZ R-2009,6,24-10, KZM 008) from Baan Nam Pud, La-ngu District, Satun Province (07°05.688N 99° 54.732E) at 38–46 m in elevation. ZMKU Rep-000315, CUMZ R-2009,6,24-10 and KZM 008 were collected by Siriwat Dangsri on 6 and 7 October 2009. PSUZC RT 2010.56 was collected by Thanin Kaewmanee on 24 December 2009. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Adult males reaching 45.9 mm SVL, adult females reaching 56.8 mm SVL; 8–11 supralabials; 6–8 infralabials; gulars smooth; forearm scales keeled; subtibials, ventrals, subcaudals smooth; dorsal tubercles keeled; 26–31 paravertebral tubercles; enlarged, elongate, laterally compressed, white, isolated tubercles on sides of neck, shoulders, and flanks; dorsolateral, lateral, and ventrolateral caudal tubercles usually present only anteriorly; caudal tubercles do not encircle tail; caudal tubercles absent from lateral, caudal furrow; middorsal caudal furrow absent; median row of smooth, enlarged subcaudals; three pore- bearing, precloacal scales in males; one or two postcloacal tubercles; shield-like subtibials and enlarged, submetatarsals absent; 31–34 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; yellow and orange alternating bands on forearms and forelimbs in subadult and adult males; paired, yellow, rostral stripes in subadult and adult males; paried, cream to white, circular, occipital blotches; large, cream to white, paravertebral butterfly-shaped dorsal blotches; no dark, longitudinal, gular markings or blotches; head not yellow in adult males; no black neck patch enclosing a white to yellow ocellus; no dark shoulder patch enclosing white to yellow ocellus; no prominent, yellow to white, prescapular crescent or transverse bars on flanks. These differences are summarized across all species in TABLES 1 and 2 in GRISMER et al. 2010. Additional details (951 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in Grismer et al. 2014: 18 (Fig. 4). |
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