Cyrtodactylus tambora RIYANTO, MULYADI, MCGUIRE, KUSRINI, FEBYLASMIA, BASYIR & KAISER, 2017
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Tambora Bent-toed Gecko Indonesian: Cicak Jari-Lengkung Tambora |
Synonym | Cyrtodactylus tambora RIYANTO, MULYADI, MCGUIRE, KUSRINI, FEBYLASMIA, BASYIR & KAISER 2017 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, Sumbawa Island) Type locality: Oi Marai River, desa (village) Kawinda Toi, kecamatan (subdistrict) Tambora, kabupaten (district) Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia (8.1145°S, 118.0073°E; elev. 134 m |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MZB Lace.13298 (field number AM 042), an adult male (Fig. 1A), collected on 20 April 2015 by A. Riyanto and Mulyadi. Paratypes. MZB.Lace.13296 (field number AM 019), a subadult male (Fig. 1B) from near the type locality (8.0986°S, 118.0072°E; elev. 21 m), collected on 20 April 2015 by A. Riyanto and Mulyadi; MZB.Lace.13297 (field number AM 037), an adult female (Fig. 1C) from near the type locality (8.1187°S, 118.0079°E; elev. 155 m), collected on 19 April 2015 by A. Riyanto and Mulyadi; MZB.Lace.13909 (field number SKT-R007), an adult female from the same locality as the holotype collected on 21 June 2015 by Irfan Haidar Basyir and the Himakova Team. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus tambora sp. nov. can be distinguished from Greater Sunda Islands (including Sulawesi) and Lesser Sunda Islands species of Cyrtodactylus by the following combination of characters: (1) two scales between the second pair of postmentals in contact with the first pair; (2) dorsal surface of antebrachium tuberculate; (3) no tubercles on dorsal surface of brachium; (4) dorsal surfaces of thigh and crus tuberculate; (5) 18 irregularly aligned, longitudinal rows of keeled tubercles at midbody; (6) 26–27 paravertebral tubercles; (7) 40 ventral scales between indistinct ventrolateral folds; (8) 16–17 fourth-toe subdigital scales; (9) a continuous enlarged precloacal and femoral scales present, with the enlarged femoral scales arranged in three rows; (10) males with five to six precloacal pores, with four larger pores situated in a short groove; (11) femoral pores absent in both sexes; (12) lack of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; and (13) 7–9 irregular, paired black blotches on the body. Additional details (3299 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The species name tambora is a noun used in apposition. It is used not only to identify the collection locality, but also to commemorate the large eruption of Gunung Tambora in 1815, which no doubt significantly realigned the local natural world on its slopes. |
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