Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, HERR, LIN & KYAW, 2018
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Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bayin Nyi Cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, HERR, LIN & KYAW 2018 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Kayin) Type locality: Bayin Nyi Cave, 16.8 km north-west of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (16.97048°N, 97.49378°E; 33 m in elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 13265, Adult male, collected on 11 May 2017 at 2300 hrs by Mark W. Herr, Perry L. Wood Jr., L. Lee Grismer, Matthew L. Murdoch, Myint Kyaw Thura, Evan S.H. Quah, and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Unsexed juveniles LSUHC 13261–64 collected on 11 May 2017 at 2000–2130 hrs by Myint Kyaw Thura, L. Lee Grismer, Mark W. Herr, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Evan S.H. Quah, and Htet Kyaw from Hpa-pu Hill, 3.1 km north of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Mon State, Myanmar (16.91072, 97.62716; 17 m in elevation). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of SVL 84.1 mm; 7–9 supralabials; six or seven infralabials; 25–27 paravertebral tubercles; 16–19 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 24–28 longitudinal rows of ventral scales; relatively long digits with nine expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflexion on the fourth toe, 13 or 14 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae, 22 or 23 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderately keeled, dorsal body tubercles in adults; tubercles extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales not continuous; enlarged proximal femoral scales larger than one-half the size of the enlarged distal femoral scales; 24–28 enlarged femoral scales; 15 femoral pores in male; nine precloacal pores in male; femoral and precloacal pore-bearing scales continuous; eight or nine enlarged precloacal scales; two or three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; medial subcaudal scales 3 times as wide as long, extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head darkly mottled in the single adult, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, no pronounced anterior azygous notch, posterior border jagged; 4–6 jagged, dark, dorsal bands with variably present paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces with lightened centres in adults, not edged with white tubercles; nape band present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds not whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; 7–11 light caudal bands not bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 8–12 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail spotted. These characters are scored against all other species in the sinyineensis group (Table 4) and all other Burmese species of the Indochinese clade in Grismer et al. (2017a, table 8). |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, bayinnyiensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Bayin Nyi Cave. |
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