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Cyrtodactylus hutchinsoni OLIVER, KARKKAINEN & RICHARDS, 2021

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus hutchinsoni OLIVER, KARKKAINEN & RICHARDS 2021 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Sepik / Sandaun Province)

Type locality: 13 km south-east of Hotmin Mission , West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea (4.6439ºS, 141.6791ºE; 950 m a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SAMA R70284, adult female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus hutchinsoni sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Melanesian and Wallacean Cyrtodactylus by its unique combination of adult size large (SVL up to at least 144.0 mm); body slender; head moderately wide (HW/SVL 0.19); dorsal tubercles flat or at most slightly keeled, rounded, and in approximately 18–20 longitudinal rows at mid-torso; tubercles on ventrolateral folds rounded; tubercles not extending ventrally past ventrolateral folds; tubercles absent on lower jaw and throat; caudal tubercles flat or slightly keeled and at base of tail only; subcaudal scales on original tail not transversely widened; enlarged precloacal and femoral scales forming a continuous series of up to 80 scales that extends to knee; and dorsal colour pattern in life including four pairs of dark-brown dorsal blotches with prominent off-white margins on grey-brown background, and further extensive dark-brown reticulations and small blotchings across head and limbs. 
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References
  • OLIVER, P. M., KARKKAINEN, D. T. ., & STEPHEN J. RICHARDS 2021. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern versant of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera. Zootaxa 5057 (2): 260–270 - get paper here
 
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