Cyrtodactylus dati NGO VAN TRI, 2013
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Cyrtodactylus dati
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Đạt Bent–toed Gecko Vietnamese: Thằn lằn chân ngón Hoàng Đức Đạt French: Cyrtodactyle de Dat |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus dati NGO VAN TRI 2013 Cyrtodactylus thuongae PHUNG, VAN SCHINGEN, ZIEGLER & NGUYEN 2014 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Binh Phuoc Province), probably in adjacent Cambodia (Mondulkiri) Type locality: among dry roots beneath the canopy of secondary evergreen forest in Bu Dop State Forest Enterprise, Bu Dop District, Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam (12° 01’252”N , 106° 54’227E) at 100 m elevation. thuongae (invalid): S Vietnam (Tay Ninh); Type locality: rocky cave from Ba Den Mountain, Thanh Tan Ward, Tay Ninh Town, Tay Ninh Province (11°21'52"N 106°10'27"E), southern Vietnam, at an elevation of 600 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ITBCZ 2375, adult male collected by Ngo Van Tri at 20:30 on 20 September 2011.Paratypes. The paratypes ITBCZ 2348–51 bear the same data as the holotype. Paratype ITBCZ 2343 was collected by the same collector at the same locality but on 1 January 2011. Holotype: IEBR A.2013.23, adult male, collected on 14 May 2013 by T.M. Phung; Paratypes. IEBR A.2013.24, adult female, IEBR A.2013.25, adult female, VNMN A.2013.12, adult female, were collected on 16 December 2012; VNMN A.2013.13, adult male, ZFMK 94994–94997, adult females, and ZFMK 94998–94999, subadults, were collected on 14 May 2013 by T.M. Phung, the same collection data as the holotype. [thuongae] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus dati sp. nov. differs from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 70.1 mm; original tail relatively short (TL/SVL: 1.03–1.08; n =2); no distinct dark brown blotches on head; nuchal loop broken into dark fragments; irregular dark blotches on the dorsum; original tails bearing 10 dark brown alternating rings; 4–10 intersupranasals; a series of five or six precloacal pores in males medially interrupted by one poreless scale; no precloacal groove; three or four femoral pores on each thigh in males; 4–7 enlarged scales beneath thighs; 17–19 interorbital scales on the frontal bone; 23–26 scales in a straight line between eye and nostril; 42–48 rows of ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; 20–22 irregular, longitudinal rows of keeled tubercles at midbody between the ventrolateral folds; 34–35 paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions; 12–13 subdigital lamellae on first toe; 18–19 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; and small subcaudal scales. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Ngo et al. 2022 synonymized C. thuongae with C. dati. Habitat: tree branches and leaves, dry roots close to dry fallen trees, decayed trees, beneath the canopy, 0.1 m–1.0 m above forest floor. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Abundance (thuongae): only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for C. thuongae. RDB speciesID: 13120 [thuongae] Etymology (thuongae): The species name is dedicated to the wife of the first author, Dr. Thuong Thi Lien Nguyen from University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for support of his field research in Vietnam. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet honours Prof. Hoàng Đức Đạt, former Dean of Hue University, who was the first teacher in the graduate program. |
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