Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus GRISMER & AHMAD, 2008
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Tuberculate Bent-toed Gecko, Large Tubercled Bent-toed Gecko Thai: Took-kai Phuket [phuketensis] E: Phuket bent-toed gecko [phuketensis] F: Cyrtodactyle de Phuket [phuketensis] Dutch: Phuketkromvingergekko [phuketensis] |
Synonym | Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus GRISMER & AHMAD 2008 Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus — GRISMER 2011 Cyrtodactylus phuketensis SUMONTHA, PAUWELS, KUNYA, NITIKUL, SAMPHANTHAMIT & GRISMER 2012 Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 |
Distribution | W Malaysia (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah) Type locality: beneath an overpass on the road to Gunung Raya (06°23.023 N, 99°49.126 E; 621 m elevation), Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. phuketensis: Thailand (Phuket Island); Type locality: Ban Bangrong (coordinates UTM UPS ca. 47 p0433130 0888891 = 08°02.465N, 98°23.588E; elevation ca. 41 m), Thalang District, Phuket Island, Phuket Province, southwestern Thailand |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZRC 2.6754, adult male, collected by L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Timothy A. Youmans, and Norsham Yaakob on 8 August 2005. Paratypes: ZRC Holotype: PSUZC RT 2010.58, adult male (formerly Montri Sumontha field number MS 510). Collected by Kirati Kunya on 2 June 2008. Paratypes. Adult male THNHM 15378 (formerly MS 509) and adult female QSMI 1170 (formerly MS 508). Locality, collecting date, and collector are the same as the holotype [phuketensis] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus is distinguished from all other Sunda Shelf species by having a maximum SVL of 120 mm; very large, trihedral, keeled, tubercles on body, limbs, and tail; tubercles present on occiput and top of head; no granular scales (only large tubercles) on dorsal surfaces of limbs; 19–22 ventral scales; transversely enlarged, median, subcaudal scales; proximal subdigital lamellae square; 21–23 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; abrupt transition between posterior and ventral femoral scales; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales with a continuous series of 35–37 pore-bearing scales (femoero-precloacal scales); precloacal groove present, precloacal depression absent; no white recticulum on head; body and tail banded, limbs immaculate. The majority of these characters are summarized across all Sunda Shelf species in Table 1 in GRISMER & AHMAD 2008. Additional details (4404 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | NCBI taxonomy ID: 2870636 [phuketensis] Synonymy: Termprayoon et al. 2021 synonymized C. phuketensis with C. macrotuberculatus. |
Etymology | The specific epithet phuketensis refers to Phuket Island, on which the type locality is situated. |
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