Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dammathet cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 62 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Mawlamyine District, Mon State) Type locality: Dammathet Cave 19.8 km east of Mawlamyine, Mawlamyine District, Mon State, Myanmar (N16°30.380, E97°48.629; 25 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12862, Adult male collected on 7 October 2016 at 2000 h by Matthew L. Murdoch, L. Lee Grismer, Marta S. Grismer, Myint Kyaw Thura, Evan S. H. Quah, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Thaw Zin and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult females LSUHC 12863–64 bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus dammathetensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of nine supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; 13–15 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 31–33 paravertebral tubercles; 25–28 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight or nine expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 12 or 13 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae,21 total subdigital lamellae;raised,moderately keeled, dorsal body tubercles; tubercles extend beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; enlarged proximal femoral scales less than one-half the size of enlarged distal femoral scales; 31–36 enlarged femoral scales; 36 femoral pores in males; eight or nine enlarged precloacal scales; nine precloacal pores in males; three rows of enlarged post- precloacal scales; median subcaudal scales three times as wide as long, extending to lateral surface of tail; top of head darkly mottled, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop variably paired, no pronounced, anterior, azygous notch, posterior border jagged; five jagged, dark, dorsal bands with paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces, lacking lightened centres, not edged with white tubercles; nape band present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds faintly whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; ten or 11 light caudal bands variably bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; and ten or 11 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, dammathetensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Dammathet Cave. |
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