Cyrtodactylus hikidai RIYANTO, 2012
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Cyrtodactylus hikidai
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus hikidai RIYANTO 2012 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Bunguran island = Great Natuna) Type locality: Mount Ranai, Kecamatan Bunguran Timur, Kabupaten Natuna, Propinsi Kepulauan Riau, Bunguran (Great Natuna) Island, Indonesia (03°57’24.6”N, 108°21’12.4”E; 310 m elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MZB Lace.8659, adult male, collected 26 October 2011 by A. Riyanto. Paratypes. MZB.Lace.8650–58, 8660–61 and MZB.Lace.8846, same data as for the holotype, collected 24–26 October 2011 [corrected from original paper; see correction in Zootaxa 3599 (4): 400) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large Cyrtodactylus with SVL reaching 102.2 mm in adult females, males slightly smaller, up to 100.6 mm, original complete tail 114–151% of SVL; body slender; digits with well-developed claws; a single pair of postmentals in contact posteriorly; 16–20 longitudinal rows of tubercles on dorsum and 24 or 25 paravertebral tubercles; lateral folds present; 22–24 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; 32–48 ventral scales across belly, smooth, imbricate; enlarged precloacal scales present; precloacal groove present; six pore-bearing scales in deep groove; enlarged femoral scales absent; head with paired white lines extending from the posterior margin of the nostril to the anterior margin of eye, and continuing from posterior margin of eye onto neck, forming a net-like pattern (“triangle”) on occiput. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet hikidai honors Tsutomu Hikida, one of the world’s authorities on the herpetology of Asia, in recognition of his contribution to our knowledge of the genus Cyrtodactylus. |
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