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Cyrtodactylus spelaeus NAZAROV, POYARKOV, ORLOV, NGUYEN, MILTO, MARTYNOV, KONSTANTINOV & CHULISOV, 2014

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus spelaeus NAZAROV, POYARKOV, ORLOV, NGUYEN, MILTO, MARTYNOV, KONSTANTINOV & CHULISOV 2014 
DistributionLaos (Vientiane)

Type locality: Khuang Lang Cave National Park, Kasi District, Vientiane Province, Laos (18°09.876 ́N and 104°30.387 ́E, elevation 183 m a.s.l.).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZMMU R–14399, Adult male. Collected on 22 November 2011 by E.L. Konstantinov and A.B. Gavrilov. Paratypes. One adult female ZIN 28258 and one subadult male ZMMU R–14400. All specimens of the type series have the same collection data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species of Cyrtodactylus with a maximum SVL of 91 mm, is distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of morphological characteristics. Dorsal pattern formed by oblong dark irregular butterfly-shaped blotches (Fig. 6a), with light contrast margins and a light mid- dorsal medial stripe running across them. Nuchal band with light edging consists of two separate parts, which contact in the occipital region. Dorsal head surface is light brown with roundish dark spots. The intact (not regenerated) tail with ten dark transverse bands. Roundish weakly keeled tubercles present on the dorsum, limbs, temporal region of the head and absent on the dorsal surface of the head. Ventrals in 36–39 longitudinal rows at midbody. Lateral folds weakly developed. Males with 8–9 precloacal pores in an angular continuous series. No femoral pores and enlarged femoral scales, 2–3 enlarged postcloa- cal spurs. One median row of transversally enlarged subcaudals.


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CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyThe species epithet “spelaeus” is a Latin adjective in masculine, derived from the Latin “spelaeum”, “spelaean”, “living in a cave” referring to the habitat and the type locality of the new species – the Khuang Lang Cave in Kasi District of the Vientiane Province of Laos. 
References
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; THOMAS CALAME, Truong QUang Nguyen, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2015. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the limestone forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4058 (3): 388–402 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; Truong QUang Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2016. A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4079 (1): 087–102 - get paper here
  • MEGANTARA, E. N., JAUHAN, J., SHANIDA, S. S., HUSODO, T., FAUZI, D. A., HENDRAWAN, R., WULANDARI, I. & YUANSAH, Y. 2022. Herpetofauna distribution in different land cover types of West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 23(6) - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Nazarov, R.A.; N.A. Poyarkov Jr., N.L. Orlov, N.S. Nguyen, K.D. Milto, A.A. Martynov, E.L. Konstantinov and A.S. Chulisov 2015. A review of genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in fauna of Laos with description of four new species. Труды Зоологического института РАН 318 (4): 391–423 [Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 318(4):391-423, 2014]
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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