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Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (DE ROOIJ, 1915)

IUCN Red List - Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: De Rooji’s bent–toed gecko, DeRooij's Bow-fingered Gecko
G: De Rooijs Bogenfingergecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus sermowaiensis DE ROOIJ 1915: 9
Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) sermowaiensis — WERMUTH 1965: 67
Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis — BROWN & PARKER 1973
Gonydactylus sermowaiensis — KLUGE 1991
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) sermowaiensis — RÖSLER 2000: 67
Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis — OLIVER et al. 2011
Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis — OLIVER et al. 2020 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Sermowai River)

Type locality: Sermowai River, New Guinea.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMA.RENA 10910 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Cyrtodactylus that can be distinguished from all other species of Melanesian Cyrtodactylus by the following unique combination of character states: moderate size (adult SVL 78–112 mm); continuous medial row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales absent; enlarged femoral scales absent; precloacal or femoral pores in males absent; dorsal colouration on body of 5–6 irregular dark-brown dorsal bands or series of blotches (not including nuchal band) alternating with weaker brown interstitial bands; dorsal and lateral tubercles present on proximal and distal segments of all limbs; dorsal tubercles at mid-point of body between lateral skin folds in 16–19 rows; tubercles across supraand interorbital regions usually <10; majority (>90%) of tubercles within dark-brown dorsal bands also dark brown and not contrasting against surrounding pigmentation; pale yellow lateral spots absent or at most sparse on head and torso; pale regions on dorsal surfaces of neck and posterior head lacking aggregations of subcircular markings; and nuchal band with few or no subcircular indentations along its margins (Oliver et al. 2020: 344). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Brown, Walter C. & Parker, Fred 1973. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) from New Guinea with a key to species from the island. Breviora (417): 1-7 - get paper here
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Günther, R. & H. Rösler 2002. Eine neue Art der Gattung Cyrtodactylus GRAY, 1827 aus dem Westen von Neuguinea (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 38 (4): 195-212 - get paper here
  • Kraus, Fred 2008. Taxonomic partitioning of Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1883: 1–27 - get paper here
  • KRAUS, FRED; VALTER WEIJOLA 2019. New species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4695 (6): 529–540 - get paper here
  • Ngo, Van Tri 2008. Two new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 1909: 37–51 - get paper here
  • OLIVER , PAUL; PAUL EDGAR, MUMPUNI, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR & RON LILLEY 2009. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2115: 47-55 - get paper here
  • RIYANTO, AWAL; AARON M. BAUER & DONAN SATRIA YUDHA 2014. A new small karst-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Java, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3785 (4): 589–599 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Die postanale Beschuppung bei Cyrtodactylus GRAY 1827 und Cyrtopodion FITZINGER 1843 - funktionelle und taxonomische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 154-207
  • Rösler, H. & Glaw, F. 2008. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus. Zootaxa 1729: 8–22 - 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
  • Rösler, H., Glaw, F.& R. Günther 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Geckonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64 - get paper here
 
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