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Cyrtodactylus tayninhensis DO, NGUYEN, NGUYEN, LE, HO, PHAM, NGUYEN, ZIEGLER & NGO, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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SynonymCyrtodactylus tayninhensis DO, NGUYEN, NGUYEN, LE, HO, PHAM, NGUYEN, ZIEGLER & NGO 2025: 486 
DistributionVietnam (Tay Ninh)

Type locality: Ba Den MCHC, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. IEBR R.6331 (Field number CT.TN2022.T04.N14), adult male, collected on 29 September 2022 by H. T. Ngo, Q. H. Do, H.Q. Nguyen.
Paratypes. Two adult males: IEBR R.6332 (Field number CT.TN2022.T04.N03), IEBR R.6333 (Field number CT.TN2022.T04.N11); two adult females: IEBR R.6334 (Field number CT.TN2022.T04.N09), IEBR R.6335 (Field number CT.TN2022.T04.N13), identical collection data and collectors as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species can be distinguished from other members of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group by a combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL 73.4–80 mm); dorsal tubercles in 13 or 14 irregular rows; 36–39 ventral scale rows; enlarged femoral scales absent; precloacal pores absent in females, 4–6 in males, in a continuous row; femoral pores absent; postcloacal spurs 2 or 3 on each side; lamellae under toe IV 16–18; a U-shaped continuous neckband, dorsal pattern between limb insertions consisting two or three irregular yellow-brown bands and tail with 8–10 thin light bands (with 2 bands near vent light brown, others white); the absence of transversely enlarged median subcaudal scales. (Do et al. 2025)


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  • Do, Q.H., Nguyen, H.Q., Nguyen, H.M.V., Le, M.D., Ho, N.A.T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Ziegler, T. & Ngo, H.T. 2025. Hidden biodiversity on the highest mountain in southern Vietnam: the fourth species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1927 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tay Ninh Province. Zootaxa, 5725 (4), 475–495 - get paper here
 
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