Cyrtodactylus mursalaensis MUAMMAR, MARTAMENGGALA, SIREGAR, PRADANA, PUTRA, HAMIDY, SMITH & RIYANTO, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus mursalaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mursala’s Bent-toed Gecko Indonesian: Cicak Jari Lengkung Pulau Mursala |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus mursalaensis MUAMMAR, MARTAMENGGALA, SIREGAR, PRADANA, PUTRA, HAMIDY, SMITH & RIYANTO 2026 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Mursala Island) Type locality: Kuala Talam, Tapian Nauli, Central Nauli District, Mursala Island, North Sumatra province (1°39'49"N, 98°29'16"E, 55 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. Adult male, MZB.Lace.15711 (Fig. 2), collected by Akhmad Junaidi Siregar, Muammar, Rachmi, and Imam Akbar on 22 January 2025 at 09.27 pm. Paratypes. Adult female, MZB.Lace.15712, collected from Kuala Bajo, Tapian Nauli, Central Nauli District, Mursala Island, North Sumatra province (1°38'37"N, 98°33'52"E, 80 m a.s.l.), by Akhmad Junaidi Siregar, Muammar, Rachmi, and Imam Akbar on 27 January 2025 at 11.27 pm; Adult female, MZB.Lace.15713, collected from Kuala Batu, Tapian Nauli, Central Nauli District, Mursala Island, North Sumatra province (1°38'34"N, 98°34'34"E, 100 m a.s.l.), by Akhmad Junaidi Siregar, Muammar, Rachmi, and Imam Akbar on 28 January 2025 at 09.27 pm; and adult female, MZB.Lace.15714, collected from Kuala Talam, Tapian Nauli, Central Nauli District, Mursala Island, North Sumatra province (1°39'14"N, 98°28'55"E, 50 m a.s.l.), by Akhmad Junaidi Siregar, Muammar, Rachmi, and Imam Akbar on 22 January 2025 at 09.27 pm. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The following combination of characters distinguishes C. mursalaensis sp. nov. from all other congeners: adult male reaching 99.2 mm SVL and female 100 mm SVL; tubercles present on dorsal surface of brachium; ventrolateral body folds present; 20–22 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; 34–35 paravertebral tubercles series; 38–42 ventral scale rows across belly; precloacal depression in slit form; single precloacal pore sunken into precloacal depression present in male, absent in female; Females with a single large elongated apical precloacal scale; abrupt transition between the enlarged femorals and the adjacent scales on the posterior margin of the thigh; 23–24 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; and subequal median subcaudal scales not transversely enlarged. (Muammar et al. 2026) 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 about 4.36 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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