Types | Neotype. BPBM 19741 (field tag FK 9721), adult female, collected by F. Kraus along Gesirava River, W slope Mt. Riu, 11.49179ºS, 153.41261ºE, 127 m, Sudest Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 21 April 2004. Holotype: presumed lost (Gymnodactylus louisiadensis De Vis 1892) Holotype: MCZ 6470 [Gymnodactylus Olivii Garman 1901] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large (SV = 116–133 mm) species of Cyrtodactylus having a single row of enlarged subcaudals; enlarged dorsal tubercles flat, unkeeled, 2–3 times size of adjacent granules (Fig. 2C), in 27–32 rows; lateral tubercles indistinct, ~2–3 times size of adjacent granules and approximately same size as scales of lat-eral skin fold; 34–39 midbelly scale rows; precloacal/femoral pores 69, in a single continuous row; lamellae under fourth toe 24–26; head of moderate width (HW/HL = .67–.72, mean .69); four dark dorsal bands between head and hindlimb insertion, of even width, typically not well margined in black, with 8–13 tubercles sagitally through 3rd dark band; dark spots absent from light dorsal ground color; mouth and cloacal linings pink; ventral scales dirty white clouded with brown; and posterior supralabials brown. |
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