Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Linn-Way bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 24 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Shan State) Type locality: Yum Twing Gyi Cave, Linn-Way Village, 12.7 km north-east of Ywangan, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar (N21°12.964, E96°33.288; 1130 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12983, Adult male collected on 15 October 2016 at 1500 h by Evan S. H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Myint Kyaw Thura, Thaw Zin, Matthew L. Murdoch and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult males LSUHC 12984 and BYU 52214 and adult female LUSHC 12986 bear the same collection data as the holotype. Adult male LSUHC 12980, subadult male BYU 52213 and juvenile male LSUHC 12981 bear the same collection data as the holotype except they were collected from an adjacent cave (Lay Htwat Cave) 20 m away between 1800 and 2000 h. Adult male and female LSUHC 12971–72, respectively, and juvenile males LSUHC 12970 and 19273 were collected on 14 October 2016 between 1500 and 2000 h by Myint Kyaw Thura, Evan S. H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Thaw Zin, Matthew L. Murdoch, Marta S. Grismer and Htet Kyaw from the Yae Htwat Cave, Linn-Way Village, 13.3 km north-east of Ywangan, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar (N21°13.675, E96°33.403; 1132 m in elevation) and 1 km north of Yum Twing Gyi Cave. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of 7–9 supralabials; 6–8 infralabials; 25–33 paravertebral tubercles; 13–18 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 34–42 ventral scales; relatively long digits with 8–10 expanded fourth toe subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection, 12–14 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae and 21–23 total subdigital lamellae; low, weakly keeled, dorsal body tubercles; tubercles not extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales not continuous; 24–32 enlarged femoral scales; enlarged femoral scales nearly equal in size; 10–22 femoral pores in males not continuous with pore-bearing precloacal scales; 9–12 enlarged, precloacal scales; 6–10 precloacal pores in males; four rows of enlarged post- precloacal scales; transverse subcaudal scales twice as wide as long midway down the tail and not extending onto the lateral margins of the tail; top of head bearing dark blotches and light-coloured, reticulum; nuchal loop rarely paired, bearing an anterior, azygous notch, and nearly always having a smooth posterior border; first body band bearing an anterior, azygous notch; no band on nape; three or four dark, variably shaped dorsal bands with no paravertebral elements, bands usually as wide or wider than interspaces bearing lightened centres, edged with light tubercles; dark markings in dorsal interspaces but no light-coloured tubercles; anterodorsal margins of thighs, brachia and ventrolateral fold pigmented; eight or nine light caudal bands bearing dark markings in adults and usually encircling tail; nine dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail spotted. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, linnwayensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to Linn-Way Village near the type locality. |
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