Cyrtodactylus pseudoquadrivirgatus RÖSLER, NGUYEN, VU, NGO & ZIEGLER, 2008
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Cyrtodactylus pseudoquadrivirgatus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus pseudoquadrivirgatus RÖSLER, NGUYEN, VU, NGO & ZIEGLER 2008 Cyrtodactylus cf. pseudoquadrivirgatus — JESTRZEMSKI et al. 2013 Cyrtodactylus pseudoquadrivirgatus — NGUYEN et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Thua Thien-Hue Province), Laos Type locality: A Luoi, Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam, at an elevation of 800 m above sea level. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 83895, adult female, (Fig. 1–2a– d), leg. Vu Ngoc Thanh, 20 July 2005. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus that can be distinguished from all congeners from the Oriental and Australian regions on the basis of the following combination of characters: 1) SVL up to 84 mm (TL > SVL); 2) head depressed, distinct from body, snout with me dial concavity; 3) 37–55 interorbital scales; 4) body rounded in cross-section, belly lat, not wider than head; 5) lateral fold narrow, with enlarged lateral tubercles; 6) tubercles present on dorsum of head, body, forearm, hind limbs and tail; 7) 16–24 rows of dorsal tubercles; 8) 41–57 longitudinal rows of ventral scales at midbody; 9) rounded tail in cross-section, tail base not enlarged; 10) 5–9 precloacal pores in angular series and 1–12 enlarged precloacal scales; 11) absence of enlarged femoral scales, lack of femoral pores and a precloacal groove; 12) absence of transversely enlarged subcaudals; 13) 9–13 lamellae under first digit, 10–13 lamellae under irst toe, and 16–25 lamellae under 4th toe; 14) body dorsum light brown with dark brown pattern (head mottled, dorsum mottled, striped or with bands); 15) neck band medially interrupted; 16) limbs striped or mottled, tail with dark and light bands (Rösler et al. 2008). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 17145 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The name refers to Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus, with which the new species may be easily confused with due to the striking similarities in external morphology, including scalation, colouration and pattern; the prefix pseudo derives from the Greek pseudo = false, pretended. |
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