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Cyrtodactylus auralensis MURDOCH, GRISMER, WOOD, NEANG, POYARKOV, TRI, NAZAROV, AOWPHOL, PAUWELS, NGUYEN & GRISMER, 2019

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Phnom Aural Bent-toed Gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus auralensis MURDOCH, GRISMER, WOOD, NEANG, POYARKOV, TRI, NAZAROV, AOWPHOL, PAUWELS, NGUYEN & GRISMER 2019
Cyrtodactylus intermedius — SWAN, & DALTRY in DALTRY 2002: 23–40
Cyrtodactylus intermedius — DALTRY & TRAEHOLT 2003: 89–90
Cyrtodactylus intermedius — GRISMER et al. 2007: 223 
DistributionCambodia (Kampong Speu)

Type locality: Camp 1, Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary, Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia (1201’N, 10408’E; 549 m in elevation)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: LSUHC 7399, adult male, collected on 6 August 2005 by Neang Thy, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Jesse L. Grismer, Thou Chav, Timothy M. Youmans, and Armando Ponce. Paratypes. Adult male LSUHC 7396, adult females LSUHC 7397–98 and 7410 all bear the same collection data as the holotype. Adult female LSUHC 7346 was collected at the same location as the holotype on 5 August 2005 by the same collectors. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Adult males reaching 83.5 mm SVL, adult females reaching 84.3 mm SVL; eight or nine supralabials, 9–11 infralabials; 29–32 paravertebral tubercles; 17 or 18 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 37–44 rows of ventral scales; six or seven expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection, 12–15 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae; 19–21 total subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; 23–28 enlarged femoral scales; proximal femoral scales less than half the size of distal proximal scales; 7–9 enlarged precloacal scales with pores on each in males; two or three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; three postcloacal tubercles; no pocketing present between digits of hind or forefeet; dark pigmented blotches present on top of head; posterior border of nuchal loop rounded, not chevron-shaped; four or five dark body bands (see Tables 7 and 9 in Murdoch et al. 2019).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet, auralensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Phnom Aural mountain, the highest mountain in Cambodia, to which it presumably endemic. 
References
  • CHHIN, S., NEANG, T., CHAN, S., KONG, K., OU, R., SAMORN, V., ... & GRISMER, L. L. 2024. A new species in the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from an isolated limestone karst formation in southwestern Cambodia. Zootaxa 5474 (1): 1-20
  • Daltry, J.C. & Traeholt, C. 2003. Reptiles and amphibian survey. In: Biodiversity Assessment of the Southern Cardamoms and Botum–Sakor Peninsula. WildAid: Cambodia Program, and Department of forestry and Wildlife, Phnom Penh, pp. 82– 101
  • Daltry, J.C. (Ed.) 2002. Social and Ecological surveys of Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Cambodia Programme, Fauna & Flora International, and the Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh, pp. 23–40
  • 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
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; CHAN KIN ONN, JAMIE R. OAKS, THY NEANG, LANG SOKUN,<br>MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, BRYAN L. STUART & JESSE L. GRISMER 2020. A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from Cambodia with a discussion of habitat preference and ecomorphology. Zootaxa 4830 (1): 075–102 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. et al. 2007. THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE PHNOM AURAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS, CAMBODIA. Hamadryad 31 (2): 216 – 241 - get paper here
  • MURDOCH, MATTHEW L.; L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. JR. WOOD, THY NEANG, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, NGO VAN TRI, ROMAN A. NAZAROV, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS, HUNG NGOC NGUYEN, JESSE L. GRISMER 2019. Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4554 (1): 001–062 - get paper here
  • 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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