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Cyrtodactylus chuyangsinensis NGUYEN, NGUYEN, NGUYEN, BICH, HA, LE, GRISMER & LUU, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus chuyangsinensis NGUYEN, NGUYEN, NGUYEN, BICH, HA, LE, GRISMER & LUU 2025: 345 
DistributionVietnam (Dak Lak)

Type locality: Ðak Tuôr waterfall, Cu Pui Commune, Krong Bong district, Dak Lak Province within Chu Yang Sin National Park, (12°28'59.9"N, 108°28'08.5"E; 582 m a.s.l.),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. VNUF R. 2025.12, Adult male (Field No. DakLak02),collected by Vinh Quang Luu, Sang Van Le, and Hien Phuong Nguyen on 28 October 2023.
Paratypes. Adult male VNUF R. 2025.11 (Field No. DakLak01), adult male VNUF R. 2025.13 (Field No. DakLak03), adult female VNUF R. 2025.14 (Field No. DakLak04), adult female VNUF R. 2025.15 (Field No. DakLak05), adult female VNUF R. 2025.16 (Field No. DakLak06), and adult female VNUF R. 2025.17 (Field No. DakLak07) bear the same data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus chuyangsinensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners of Cyrtodactylus on
the basis of the following combination of characters: A maximum SVL of 92.3 mm; supralabials 10–12; infralabials8–10; longitudinal dorsal tubercle rows at midbody in 12–15; ventral scales 38–48; subdigital lamellae on fourthtoe 17–23; precloacal pores 7–8 in males and 0–6 on females; enlarged precloacal scales 19–24; enlarged femoralscales on each thigh 6–9; enlarged subcaudals lacking; dorsal head and body surface coloration light-brown; small,irregularly shaped dark-brown blotches on top of head; a slender, dark-colored nuchal loop with a concave anteriorborder and convex posterior border extending from the nape to the posterior margins of the orbits; dark-coloreddorsal bands divided into paravertebral elements. (Nguyen et al. 2026)


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  • Nguyen, T.H., Nguyen, V.Q.H., Nguyen, T.T., Ha, H.B., Le, S.V., Grismer, L.L. & Luu, V.Q. 2025. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Chu Yang Sin National Park, Dak Lak Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam. Zootaxa 5689 (2), 333–360 - get paper here
 
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