Cyrtodactylus sonlaensis NGUYEN, PHAM, ZIEGLER, NGO & LE, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus sonlaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus sonlaensis NGUYEN, PHAM, ZIEGLER, NGO & LE 2017 |
| Distribution | NW Vietnam (Son La Province) Type locality: karst forest near Bang Village (21o05.700’N, 104o48.179’E, elevation 1050 m above sea level, asl.), Muong Bang Commune, Phu Yen District, Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR A.2017.1 (Field No. SL2016.68), adult male, collected on 18 June 2016 by A.V. Pham and H.V. Tu. Paratypes. TBU 2017.1 (Field No. SL2016.67, subadult male), IEBR A.2017.2 (Field No. SL2016.69, adult female), the same data as the holotype; VNMN 2017.1 (Field No. SL2016.467, adult female), collected on 28 October 2016 by A.V. Pham and T.Q.L. Hoang, in the karst forest near Bang Village (21o06.406’N, 104o47.810’E, elevation 890 m a.s.l.), Muong Bang Commune, Phu Yen District, Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species can be distinguished from other members of the genus Cyrtodactylus by a combination of the following characters: medium size (SVL up to 83.2 mm); dorsal tubercles in 13–15 irregular rows; 34–42 ventral scale rows; ventrolateral folds present without interspersed tubercles; 15–17 enlarged femoral scales on each thigh; femoral pores 14 or 15 on each thigh of males, absent in females; precloacal pores 8, in a continuous row in males, absent in females; postcloacal tubercles 2 or 3; lamellae under toe IV 18–21; dorsal head with dark brown marking, oval and arched shape; nuchal loop discontinuous; five brown dorsal bands between limb insertions, third and fourth discontinuous; subcaudal scales transversely enlarged. |
| Comment | Habitat: evergreen karst forest of medium hardwood and shrub. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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