Cyrtodactylus manos OLIVER, KARKKAINEN, RÖSLER & RICHARDS, 2019

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yellow-snouted bent-toed gecko
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus manos OLIVER, KARKKAINEN, RÖSLER & RICHARDS 2019 Cyrtodactylus sp. — RÖSLER et al. 2007: 207 Cyrtodactylus ‘Gobe Ridge’ — OLIVER et al. 2012: 439 Cyrtodactylus sp. ‘Gobe Ridge’ — TALLOWIN et al. 2018: 33
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province) Type locality: Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands Province, road east of Gobe Ridge Camp, 855 m. a.s.l. (143.7743°E, 6.8145°S);
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. SAMA R62654 (Field number JCUNQ2462), adult female with partially regrown tail, with ethanol preserved tissue for genetic analysis stored in the Australian Biological Tissues Collection (under registration number ABTC98417), collected by Stephen Richards and Daniel Wemp on 29 October 2001.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus manos sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Melanesian Cyrtodactylus by its unique combination of: small size (SVL to 75 mm); narrow head (HW/SVL 0.17); ventrolateral fold scalation ho- mogeneous and lacking enlarged tubercles; forelimbs without tubercles; dorsal tubercles in 16–18 longitudinal rows at mid-body; ventral scales in approximately 46 longitudinal rows at mid-body; subcaudal scales not transversely widened or enlarged on original tail; largest precloacal scales roughly triangular and > 10 rows anterior to cloaca; enlarged femoral scales extending to knee, discontinuous with enlarged precloacals, ovoid and approximately twice as long as wide; and dorsal colour pattern on torso consisting of 11 dark-brown transverse irregularly-shaped dorsal bands or series of blotches (Fig. 1 in Oliver 2019). Additional details (5493 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	The Greek manos can mean rare, sparse or thin (for example in the context of gases), we here use it in reference to the paucity of material for this species.
References	Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here Kwet, A. 2020. Liste der im Jahr 2019 neubeschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2020 (3): 44-67 OLIVER, PAUL M.; DENISE TAIMI KARKKAINEN, HERBERT RÖSLER, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS 2019. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central New Guinea. Zootaxa 4671 (1): 119–128 - get paper here Oliver, Paul M.; Stephen J. Richards, Mark Sistrom 2012. Phylogeny and systematics of Melanesia’s most diverse gecko lineage (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 41: 437–454 - get paper here Rösler, H. & S. J. Richards & R. Günther 2007. Bemerkungen zur Morphologie und Taxonomie der östlich der Wallacea vorkommenden Geckos der Gattung Cyrtodactylus GRAY, 1827, mit Beschreibungen von zwei neuen Arten (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 43 (4): 193-230 - get paper here Tallowin, O. J. S., Tamar, K., Meiri, S., Allison, A., Kraus, F., Richards, S. J., & Oliver, P. M. 2018. Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 29–39 - get paper here
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EF2B60F0-6F45-459F-92D0… Google images

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