Cyrtodactylus naungkayaingensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, HERR, LIN & KYAW, 2018
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Cyrtodactylus naungkayaingensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus naungkayaingensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, HERR, LIN & KYAW 2018 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Kayin: Hpa-an District) Type locality: Naung Ka Yaing Hill, 17 km north-east of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (17.01558°N, 97.70641°E; 14 m in elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 13209, Adult male, collected on 8 May 2017 at 2000 hrs by Myint Kyaw Thura, Mark W. Herr, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Evan S.H. Quah, and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult male LSUHC 13208 and juvenile LSUHC 13207 bear the same collecting data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus naungkayaingensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of maximum SVL 66.9 mm; eight or nine supralabials; seven infralabials; 34 or 35 paravertebral tubercles; 16–18 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 27 longitudinal rows of ventral scales; relatively long digits with seven expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflexion on the fourth toe, 11 or 12 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae, 18–19 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderately keeled, dorsal body tuber- cles in adults; tubercles extending 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; 30–35 enlarged femoral scales; 11 femoral pores in males; three or four precloacal pores in males; pore-bearing femoral and precloacal scales discontinuous; 8–12 enlarged precloacal scales; 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 mottled in adults, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, no pronounced anterior azygous notch, posterior border jagged; four jagged, dark, dorsal bands with lightened centres bearing paravertebral elements, narrower than interspaces, not edged with white tubercles; nape band variably present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds not whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia not pigmented; 11 light-coloured caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 10 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail not spotted. These characters are scored against all other species in the sinyineensis group in Table 4 and all other species of the Indochinese clade in Grismer et al. (2017a, table 8). |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, naungkayaingensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Naung Ka Yaing Hill. |
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