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Cyrtodactylus cryptus HEIDRICH, RÖSLER, THANH, BÖHME & ZIEGLER, 2007

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus cryptus HEIDRICH, RÖSLER, THANH, BÖHME & ZIEGLER 2007
Cyrtodactylus cryptus — NGUYEN et al. 2021 
DistributionVietnam (Quang Binh), Laos (Khammouane)

Type locality: Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, central Vietnam, in the limestone forest of U Bo at an elevation of ca. 520 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 86037, adult male, collected by Dang Ngoc Kien on 7 July 2006. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus with a slender habitus and a maximum total length of 176.6 mm (SVL 62.5–90.8 mm) that can be distinguished from all congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: 1) rounded body in cross-section, not wider than head; 2) neck band, extending to posterior margin of eyes; 3) dorsum with 3–5 dark transverse bands with yellow margins and dark spots; 4) ventrolat- eral skin folds along the body or enlarged lateral tubercles absent; 5) tubercles present on top of head, body, forearm, hind limbs and tail; 6) 19–20 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 7) 47–50 longitudinal rows of ventral scales at midbody; 8) segmented tail with whorls, not depressed, base not enlarged; 9) 0–3 clo- acal spurs on each side of tail base; 10) 9–11 precloacal pores in angular series in males and 16–27 enlarged precloacal scales in both sexes; 11) enlarged femoral scales and femoral pores absent; 12) precloacal groove absent; 13) subcaudals small, not transversally enlarged; 14) uninterrupted series of 20–23 lamellae beneath. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe name of the species derives from the Greek adjective kryptos (Latin cryptus) meaning “concealed”, “hidden”, because the new species had been overlooked previously. 
References
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Geissler, P.; Nazarov, R.; Orlov, N.L.; Böhme, W.; My Phung, T.; Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2009. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2161: 20–32 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Heidrich, A. 2007. Abschlussbericht der Diplomarbeit “Etho-Ökologie und Morphologie ausgewählter Echsenarten im Phong Nha - Ke Bang Nationalpark, Vietnam”. Elaphe 15 (4): 53-58
  • Heidrich, A.; Rösler, H.; Thanh, V.N.; Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2007. Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, central Truong Son, Vietnam. Zootaxa 1445: 35-48 - get paper here
  • LOOS, JACQUELINE;, HENRIK VON WEHRDEN,, KIEN NGOC DANG , AND THOMAS ZIEGLER 2012. NICHE SEGREGATION IN MICROHABITAT USE OF THREE SYMPATRIC CYRTODACTYLUS IN THE PHONG NHA-KE BANG NATIONAL PARK, CENTRAL VIETNAM. Herp. Cons. Biol. 7 (1):101−108 - get paper here
  • LUU, VINH QUANG; MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, Truong QUang Nguyen, MINH DUC LE, NICOLE SCHNEIDER, HANH THI NGO, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2016. Evolution in karst massifs: Cryptic diversity among bent-toed geckos along the Truong Son Range with descriptions of three new species and one new country record from Laos. Zootaxa 4107 (2): 101–140 - get paper here
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  • LUU, VINH QUANG; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, HUY QUANG DO, THOMAS ZIEGLER, 2011. A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Huong Son limestone forest, Hanoi, northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3129: 39–50 - get paper here
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  • Nazarov, Roman A., Nikolai L. Orlov, Ngoc Sang Nguyen and Thu Cuc Ho. 2008. Taxonomy of naked-toes geckos Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex of south Vietnam and description of a new species from Chu Yang Sin Natural Park (Krong Bong district, Dac Lac province, Vietnam). Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (2):141-156 - get paper here
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