Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Wel pyan cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 68 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Kayin State) Type locality: Wel Pyan Cave 35 km north of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N17°12.188, E97°37.066; 21 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12874, Adult male, collected on 3 October 2016 at 1500 h by Myint Kyaw Thura, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Evan S. H. Quah, Thaw Zin, Htet Kyaw and Marta S. Grismer. Paratypes: Adult female LSUHC 12785 and adult male 12786 bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of eight or nine supralabials; seven infralabials; 16 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 30–33 paravertebral tubercles; 28–30 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 11–13 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae, 19–21 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderate to strongly keeled, dorsal body tubercles not extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; 30–31 nearly equally sized, enlarged, femoral scales; 16 femoral pores in males; 11–13 enlarged precloacal scales; 7–8 precloacal pores in males; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; subcaudal scales twice as wide as long, not extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head darkly mottled, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border jagged; six dark dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces, lacking lightened centres, not edged with white tubercles; nape band present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; nine light caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; ten dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail unicolour. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Wel Pyan Cave. |
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