Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Yathe Pyan cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 74 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Hpa-an District, Kayin State) Type locality: Yathe Pyan Cave 9 km south-west of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N16°50.114, E97°34.243; 22 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12823, Adult male, collected on 4 October 2016 at 1800 h by Evan S. H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, L. Lee Grismer, Marta S. Grismer, Myint Kyaw Thura, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Thaw Zin and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult females BYU 52228–29 and LSUHC 12822 bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of nine or ten supralabials; eight or nine infralabials; 18 or 19 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 31 or 32 paravertebral tubercles; 30–32 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight or nine expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 12–14 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae, 20–23 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderately to strongly keeled, dorsal body tubercles extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; 25–34 enlarged femoral scales, proximal scales one-half to one-third the size of distal scales; 17 femoral pores in males; 10–13 enlarged precloacal scales; six precloacal pores in males; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; medial subcaudal scales three times as wide as long extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head bearing diffuse dark mottling, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border sinuous to jagged; 4–6 dark, jagged, dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, same width as interspaces, lacking lightened centres, edged with light tubercles; dark markings and lacking light tubercles in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; 13 light caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 13 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature, regenerated tail not spotted. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet, yathepyanensis (pronounced ya-thay-pee-an-ensis), is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Yathe Pyan Cave. |
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