Cyrtodactylus amicorum KRAUS, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus amicorum
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus amicorum KRAUS 2025: 543 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (low-elevation Musa Divide) Type locality: S slope of Mt. Trafalgar, 9.1951o S, 149.1616o E, 830 m a.s.l., Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BPBM 39793, adult male, collected by F. Kraus on 11 November 2011. Paratypes (n = 8)—Papua New Guinea: same locality as holotype (BPBM 39792, 39794–95); Milne Bay Province, Siyomu Village, NE slope of Mt. Simpson, 10.0145o S, 149.5970 E, 1300 m a.s.l. (BPBM 17255); Bunisi Village, NE slope of Mt. Simpson, 10.0171o S, 149.6002 E, 1420 m a.s.l. (BPBM 17256–57); Maneau Ridge, N slope of Mt. Dayman, 700 m a.s.l. (AMNH 74340, 74346). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large (adult male SVL = 94–115 mm, adult female SVL = 119–130.5 mm) species of Cyrtodactylus having small subcaudals not arrayed in a single transverse row; throat without scattered enlarged tubercles; single continuous row of 72–96 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales (mean = 80) arrayed in a shallow chevron, containing 72–96 precloacal/femoral pores in males (mean = 84); enlarged series of precloacal-femoral scales ~twice size of scales immediately posterior to that series (Fig. 1B); 29–41 flat tubercles on lateral skin fold (mean = 34.3); smaller, flat tubercles on top of thighs typically 3 times size of surrounding granules; 39–45 midbelly scale rows (mean = 42.0); 23–27 T4 lamellae (mean = 24.9); postmental width/postmental length 0.44–0.61 (mean = 0.54); postmental suture/postmental length 0.47–0.67 (mean = 0.61); dorsal ground color brown or gray brown; nuchal collar entire or only incompletely divided vertebrally; 3–4 darker-brown bands or paired blotches between nuchal collar and tail base that are narrower than the intervening ground color, distinct, and with those posterior to scapular region extending laterally from mid-dorsum; and nuchal collar uniformly dark throughout length. (Kraus 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 12058 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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