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Cyrtodactylus wangkulangkulae SUMONTHA, PAUWELS, SUWANNAKARN, NUTATHEERA & SODOB, 2014

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesThai: Took-kai Sansareeya
E: Wangkulangkul’s bent-toed gecko
F: Cyrtodactyle de Wangkulangkul 
SynonymCyrtodactylus wangkulangkulae SUMONTHA, PAUWELS, SUWANNAKARN, NUTATHEERA & SODOB 2014 
DistributionS Thailand (Satun)

Type locality: entrance of a limestone cave near Wangsaithong Waterfall (= Namtok Wang Sai Thong) (07° 03.925’ N, 99° 05.037’ E), Amphoe (= District) Manang, Satun Province, southern Thailand  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: THNHM 22547; adult female. Collected by Thanin Kaewmanee on 5 September 2009. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus wangkulangkulae sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeneric species by the unique combination of characters including its maximal known SVL of 73.9 mm; unkeeled dorsal tubercles arranged in 10 regular longitudinal rows at midbody; dorsal tubercles occurring from shoulder region on to tail base, absent on postocular region, crown, occiput and limbs; 38 midbody scale rows across belly between ventrolateral skin folds; median subcaudal scales transversely enlarged; series of enlarged femoral scales separated from enlarged precloacal scales by a diastema; absence of femoral and precloacal pores; absence of precloacal groove; complex blotched and banded dorsal pattern including four dark bands between limbs insertions; long tail (1.34 times SVL) with 9 light rings; and bluish grey iris. 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
  • 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
  • SUMONTHA, MONTRI; OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, NIKORN SUWANNAKARN, THAMMARAT NUTATHEERA & WATCHIRA SODOB 2014. Cyrtodactylus wangkulangkulae (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new Bent-toed Gecko from Satun Province, southern Thailand. Zootaxa 3821 (1): 116–124 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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