Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017
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Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Wel pyan cave bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 68 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Kayin State) Type locality: Wel Pyan Cave 35 km north of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N17°12.188, E97°37.066; 21 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12874, Adult male, collected on 3 October 2016 at 1500 h by Myint Kyaw Thura, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Evan S. H. Quah, Thaw Zin, Htet Kyaw and Marta S. Grismer. Paratypes: Adult female LSUHC 12785 and adult male 12786 bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of eight or nine supralabials; seven infralabials; 16 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 30–33 paravertebral tubercles; 28–30 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 11–13 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae, 19–21 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderate to strongly keeled, dorsal body tubercles not extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; 30–31 nearly equally sized, enlarged, femoral scales; 16 femoral pores in males; 11–13 enlarged precloacal scales; 7–8 precloacal pores in males; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; subcaudal scales twice as wide as long, not extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head darkly mottled, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border jagged; six dark dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces, lacking lightened centres, not edged with white tubercles; nape band present; dark markings in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; nine light caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; ten dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature regenerated tail unicolour. 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 1270 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Wel Pyan Cave. |
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