Cyrtodactylus ywanganensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, M GRISMER, MURDOCH, ESPINOZA & LIN, 2018
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Cyrtodactylus ywanganensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, QUAH, M GRISMER, MURDOCH, ESPINOZA & LIN 2018 |
Distribution | Myanmar (Shan) Type locality: 2.7 km southwest of Ywangan, Ywangan Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar (21.14643°N, 96.42178°E; 1157 m in elevation) |
Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype. LSUHC 13758, adult female collected on 24 October 2017 at 2300 hrs by L. Lee Grismer, Robert E. Espinoza, Matthew L. Murdoch, Myint Kyaw Thura, Evan S. H. Quah, and Tun Oo. Paratypes. Adult female paratype LSUHC 13757 bears the same collection data as the holotype. Adult male paratype LSUHC 13712 and subadult male paratype LSUHC 13711 bear the same collection data as the holotype except they were collected on 23 October 2017 at 2200 hrs. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus ywanganensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of a maximum SVL of 96.1 mm; seven supralabials; six infralabials; 32–35 paravertebral tubercles; 21–25 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 34–36 ventral scales; relatively long digits with seven or eight expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 12–14 unmodified distal subdigital lamellae, 19–21 total subdigital lamellae; raised, strongly keeled, dorsal body tubercles; tubercles not extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; enlarged proximal femoral scales equal in size to the enlarged distal femoral scales; 28–30 enlarged femoral scales; 20 femoral pores in male; eight or nine precloacal pores in male; femoral and precloacal pore-bearing scales not continuous; eight or nine enlarged precloacal scales; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; medial subcaudal scales twice as wide as long, not extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head darkly blotched in adults, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, pronounced anterior azygous notch, posterior border straight; four jagged, dark, dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces with no lightened centers, edged with yellow tubercles; no band on nape; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds not whitish; anterodrosal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; seven light caudal bands bearing dark markings, encircling tail; seven dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail spotted. These characters are scored against all other species in the linnwayensis group (Table 3) and all other Burmese species of the Indochinese clade in Grismer et al. 2017:Table 8. Additional details (1153 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | The specific epithet, ywanganensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality being near the town of Ywangan, Shan State. |
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