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Cyrtodactylus zhenkangensis LIU & RAO, 2021

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus zhenkangensis LIU & RAO 2021 
DistributionChina (Zhenkang County, Yunnan Province)

Type locality: Nansan town, Zhenkang County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China, 23°46'32"N, 98°50'28"E, 1060 m elevation.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KIZ L2020049, adult male, collected on 11 September 2020 by Shuo Liu.
Paratypes: KIZ L2020048 and KIZ L2020050, two adult females; KIZ L2020046, subadult male; and KIZ L2020047, subadult female. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus zhenkangensis sp. nov. differs from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: medium size (SVL 78.1–87.4 mm); ventrolateral folds present with interspersed tubercles; 12–15 enlarged femoral scales on each thigh; 2–5 femoral pores on each thigh in males, 0–3 pitted scales on each thigh in females; eight or nine precloacal pores in a continuous row or separated by one poreless scale in males, 7–9 pitted scales in females; two or three postcloacal tubercles on each side; 18–21 lamellae under finger IV, 21–23 lamellae under toe IV; subcaudals enlarged, arranged alternately as single and double on anterior and mostly single at middle and posterior; dorsal surface of head with obvious, light-colored reticulations; eight or nine irregular transverse bands on the dorsum of body (Liu and Rao 2021). 
CommentDistribution: for a map with the type localities of Cyrtodactylus wayakonei, martini, zhenkangensis, menglianensis, phukhaensis, and caixitaoi, see Liu et al. 2023: 535 (Fig. 6). 
EtymologyThe name refers to Zhenkang County, where the new species was found. 
References
  • Liu S, Rao D 2021. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1021: 109-126 - get paper here
  • Liu, S., Rao, D., Hou, M., Wang, Q., & Ananjeva, N. B. 2023. A New Species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae), Previously Confused with C. wayakonei Nguyen, Kingsada, Rösler, Auer et Ziegler, 2010. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30(6), 529-538 - get paper here
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
 
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