You are here » home advanced search Cyrtodactylus kapitensis

Cyrtodactylus kapitensis DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS, 2023

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Cyrtodactylus kapitensis?

Add your own observation of
Cyrtodactylus kapitensis »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus kapitensis DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS 2023 
DistributionMalaysia (Borneo: Kapit Division)

Type locality: Pelagus National Park, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UNIMAS 9649, adult male collected by Hayden R. Davis and Izneil Nashriq.
Paratypes: FMNH 221433; FMNH 221440; FMNH 221446; FMNH 221449, collected by Robert F. Inger and Paul Walker from Sungai Segaham camp, Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus kapitensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all recognized Cyrtodactylus species by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of at least 112 mm; 9–12 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; moderate tuberculation on dorsal surface of body; no tubercles on ventral surface of body; 43–54 paravertebral tubercles; 16–20 longitudinal tubercle rows; 47–63 ventral scales; 21–24 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; 0–9 femoral pores; almost always enlarged femoral scales; 6–10 preanal pores; preanal pit; indistinct dorsal body bands; rostral chevron; and single row of enlarged caudal scales. The species can further be distinguished using fixed genetic differences (Davis et al. 2023). 
Comment 
References
  • DAVIS, H. R., NASHRIQ, I., WOYTEK, K. S., WIKRAMANAYAKE, S. A., BAUER, A. M., KARIN, B. R., ... & DAS, I. 2023. Redescription of two Bornean gekkonid lizard species of the Cyrtodactylus consobrinus (Peters, 1871) complex with comments on online supplementary material. Bionomina 35 (1): 9-19 - get paper here
  • Davis, H. R., Nashriq, I., Woytek, K. S., Wikramanayake, S. A., Bauer, A. M., Karin, B. R., Brennan, I. G., Iskandar, D. T., & Das, I. 2023. Genomic analysis of Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) reveals need for updated taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1– 15 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator