Cyrtodactylus rufford LUU, CALAME, NGUYEN, LE, BONKOWSKI & ZIEGLER, 2016

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	Laotian: Ki Chiem Rufford English: Rufford Bent-toed Gecko
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus rufford LUU, CALAME, NGUYEN, LE, BONKOWSKI & ZIEGLER 2016
Distribution	C Laos (Khammouane Province) Type locality: on a karst cliff, near the entrance of Nang Log cave (17°30.282’N, 105°23.107’E, elevation 160 m a.s.l.), Gnommalath District, Khammouane Province, central Laos
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: VNUF (originally as VFU) R.2015.14, adult male, was collected on 29 March 2015 by V. Q. Luu, T. Calame and K. Thanabuaosy. Paratypes. IEBR R.2015.35, adult male, and NUOL R.2015.15, subadult male; same collection data as was provided for the holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: The new species differs from other congeners of the genus Cyrtodactylus by the following combination of characters: medium size, SVL reaching 72.5 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of three or four light transverse bands between limb insertions; one intersupranasal; 14–16 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody, weakly developed in the paravertebral region; 27–29 ventral scale rows between ventrolateral folds; 42–43 precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous row in males, enlarged femoral and precloacal scales present; 4 or 5 postcloacal tubercles on each side; dorsal tubercles present at base of tail; subcaudal scales medially enlarged.
Comment	Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	The new species is named in honour of the Rufford Foundation (UK) for its support to herpetofaunal research and conservation in Laos. The species epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition, invariable. As common names, we suggest
References	Kwet, Axel 2017. Neue Arten: Liste der im Jahr 2016 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (3): 54-70 - get paper here LUU, VINH QUANG; THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2016. Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. . Zootaxa 4067 (2): 185–199 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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