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Cnemaspis samui AMPAI, RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, TERMPRAYOON, STUART, WOOD & AOWPHOL, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCnemaspis samui AMPAI, RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, TERMPRAYOON, STUART, WOOD & AOWPHOL 2022 
DistributionThailand (Surat Thani)

Type locality: Thailand, Surat Thani Province, Ko Samui District, Ang Thong Subdistrict, Hin Lad Waterfall (9°31.151'N, 99°57.598'E; 150 m a.s.l.),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. ZMKU R 00974, adult male (Fig. 3), collected on 19 June 2018 by Natee Ampai, Attapol Ru- jirawan, Siriporn Yodthong and Korkhwan Termprayoon.
Paratypes (Fig. 4). Seventeen paratypes (adult males = 14, adult females = 3). Five adult males (ZMKU R 00966–00970), same collection data as holotype except collected on 26 September 2015 by Natee Ampai, Attapol Rujirawan, Siriporn Yod- thong, Korkhwan Termprayoon, and Anchalee Aowphol. Nine adult males (ZMKU R 00971–00973, ZMKU R 00975–00979 and ZMKU R 00983) and three adult females (ZMKU R 00980–00982), same data as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Cnemaspis samui sp. nov. differs from all other members of the C. siamensis group by having the following combination of characters: (1) SVL 37.0–42.3 mm in adult males (mean 39.90 ± 1.98 mm; N = 15) and 36.4–41.6 mm in adult females (mean 39.75 ± 2.91 mm; N = 3); (2) eight or nine supralabial and infralabial scales; (3) ventral scales keeled (4) 5–8 pore-bearing precloacal scales in males, arranged in a chevron, separated, pore rounded in males; (5) 25–27 paravertebral tubercles, arranged randomly; (6) 4–6 small, subconical spine-like tubercles present on lower flanks; (7) 22–25 subdigital lamellae under 4th toe; (8) enlarged median subcaudal scale row present; (9) ventrolateral caudal tubercles anteriorly present; (10) one or two postcloacal tubercles on lateral surface of hemipenial swellings at the base of tail in males; and (11) gular region, abdomen, limbs and subcaudal region yellowish only in males. (Ampai et al. 2022: 130)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Ampai N, Rujirawan A, Yodthong S, Termprayoon K, Stuart BL, Wood Jr PL, Aowphol A 2022. Hidden diversity of rock geckos within the Cnemaspis siamensis species group (Gekkonidae, Squamata): genetic and morphological data from southern Thailand reveal two new insular species and verify the phylogenetic affinities of C. chanardi and C. kam ZooKeys 1125: 115–158 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2023. Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73
 
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