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Cyrtodactylus arndti NGO, HORMANN, LE, PHAM, PHUNG, DO, OSTROWSKI, NGUYEN & ZIEGLER, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Arndt’s Bent-toed Gecko
Vietnamese: Thằn lằn ngón arndt 
SynonymCyrtodactylus arndti NGO, HORMANN, LE, PHAM, PHUNG, DO, OSTROWSKI, NGUYEN & ZIEGLER 2023: 84 
DistributionVIETNAM (Binh Dinh)

Type locality: Binh Dinh Province, Van Canh District, near Hiep Ha Village; 13°39.858′ N, 108°53.355′ E; 270 m a.s.l.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: IEBR R.4930, ♂; 13 Aug. 2016; D.T. Do and T.V. Nguyen; Field No. BD.2016.141; .
Paratypes: IEBR R.5219 • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Binh Dinh Province, Quy Nhon District, Quy Nhon City; 13°41.718′ N, 109°10.277′ E; 140 m a.s.l; 8 Aug. 2016; D.T. Do and T.V. Nguyen; Field No. BD.2016.1; Binh Dinh Province, Van Canh District, near Dak Dum Village; 13°38.365′ N, 108°57.863′ E; 150 m a.s.l.; 11 Aug. 2016; D.T. Do and T.V. Nguyen; Field No. BD.2016.86, BD2016.87, BD.2016.88. IEBR R.4931 to IEBR.4933 • 1 ♀; Binh Dinh Province, Van Canh District, near Hiep Ha Village; 13°39.858′ N, 108°53.355′ E; 270 m a.s.l.; D.T. Do and T.V. Nguyen; Field No. BD.2016.86; IEBR R.5077 • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; Field No. BD.2016.142, BD.2016.143; ZFMK 103910, ZFMK 103911. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species of Cyrtodactylus is distinguished from remaining congeners of the C. irregularis species group by a combination of the following characters: SVL: 73.4–80.9 mm; dorsal pattern with 6 or 7 irregularly shaped bands; moderately broad nuchal band; original tail with irregular transverse bands; subcaudals transversely enlarged; 5–11 enlarged femoral scales; males with 0–2 pitted femoral pores, those absence in females; males with 6 precloacal pores, females with 6 pitted precloacal pores, pore-bearing scales arranged in a single ˄-shaped series; ventral scales 26–38; dorsal tubercles in 17–20 irregular longitudinal rows; precloacal groove absent; supralabials 8–13; infralabials 8–12; number of subdigital lamellae on fourth finger 15–20 and on fourth toe 17–22. (Ngo et al. 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed in honor of the author’s colleague, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Arndt, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Germany, in recognition of his support for biodiversity research in Vietnam. 
References
  • Ngo H. T., Hormann H., Le M.D., Pham C.T., Phung T.M., Do D.T. & Ostrowski S. 2023. The discovery of two new species in the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group highlights that hidden diversity remains in the largest clade of the mega-diverse genus Cyrtodactylus. European Journal of Taxonomy 875: 70–100 - get paper here
 
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