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Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN, 2017

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yathe Pyan cave bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus yathepyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 74 
DistributionMyanmar (Hpa-an District, Kayin State)

Type locality: Yathe Pyan Cave 9 km south-west of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N16°50.114, E97°34.243; 22 m in elevation).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: LSUHC 12823, Adult male, collected on 4 October 2016 at 1800 h by Evan S. H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, L. Lee Grismer, Marta S. Grismer, Myint Kyaw Thura, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Thaw Zin and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult females BYU 52228–29 and LSUHC 12822 bear the same collection data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus yathepyanensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of nine or ten supralabials; eight or nine infralabials; 18 or 19 longitudinal rows of body tubercles; 31 or 32 paravertebral tubercles; 30–32 ventral scales; relatively long digits with eight or nine expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 12–14 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae, 20–23 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderately to strongly keeled, dorsal body tubercles extending beyond base of tail; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; 25–34 enlarged femoral scales, proximal scales one-half to one-third the size of distal scales; 17 femoral pores in males; 10–13 enlarged precloacal scales; six precloacal pores in males; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; medial subcaudal scales three times as wide as long extending onto lateral surface of tail; top of head bearing diffuse dark mottling, no yellow reticulum; nuchal loop not divided medially, lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border sinuous to jagged; 4–6 dark, jagged, dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, same width as interspaces, lacking lightened centres, edged with light tubercles; dark markings and lacking light tubercles in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs and brachia darkly pigmented; 13 light caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 13 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature, regenerated tail not spotted.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet, yathepyanensis (pronounced ya-thay-pee-an-ensis), is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Yathe Pyan Cave. 
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
  • Grismer, L.L.; PERRY L. WOOD, JR., MYINT KYAW THURA, THAW ZIN, EVAN S. H. QUAH, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, MARTA S. GRISMER, AUNG LIN, HTET KYAW and NGWE LWIN 2017. Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in east- central and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182: 862-959 - 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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