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Cyrtodactylus medioclivus OLIVER, RICHARDS & SISTROM, 2012

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus medioclivus OLIVER, RICHARDS & SISTROM 2012 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province)

Type locality: ‘Tualapa Camp’, 3 km N Wanakipa Village (05°10’ 12.11", 142°17’ 54.56"), 1115 m elevation, Upper Strickland Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R66091 (Field number SJR 10607), male, collected by S. Richards on 15 July 2008, tissue stored in alcohol at the South Australian Museum. Paratype. AMSR 122411 brought in by local collectors at Bobole (06°12’ S 142°46’ E), 1080 m a. s. l., Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, preserved by S. Donnellan and K. Aplin, October 1985, frozen liver tissue stored at the South Australian Museum. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis and comparisons. Distinguished from all other Melanesian and Wallacean Cyrtodactylus by the following unique combination of character states: moderately large size (SVL up to 103.4mm); moderately wide head (HW ⁄ SVL 0.20); medial row of mostly single transversely enlarged subcaudal scales approximately a third to a half width of tail; continuous series of enlarged precloacal and femoral scales extending full length of femur; adult males with open chevron of 12–13 precloacal pores, separated by one to three scales from long series of 19–24 femoral pores extending to the knee; caudal tubercles extending <30 mm from base of cloaca and on dorsal surface only; dorsal cephalic tubercles sparse in the mid-dorsal region posterior to orbitals; relatively low number (20) of dorsal tubercle rows at mid-point of body; dorsal coloration con- sisting of five or six indistinct jagged dark-brown bands on a light grey-brown background; and iris bronze in life.


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Comment 
EtymologyLatin ‘medio’ (middle, half) and ‘clivus’ (slopes), in reference to known localities at moderate altitudes at the approximate mid-point of New Guinea, and alluding to this species’ relationship with Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus from the North Papuan Ranges (Oliver et al. 2011). 
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
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Stephen J. Richards, Mark Sistrom 2012. Phylogeny and systematics of Melanesia’s most diverse gecko lineage (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 41: 437–454 - 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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