Cyrtodactylus equestris OLIVER, RICHARDS, MUMPUNI & RÖSLER, 2016
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Cyrtodactylus equestris OLIVER, RICHARDS, MUMPUNI & RÖSLER 2016 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Sandaun Province) Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Sandaun Province, Torricelli Mountains, Mt. Sumbau (3°23'S, 142°31'E, between 1000–1200 m elevation) |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: AMS R135520 adult male with everted left hemipenis and completely re- grown tail, collected by P. German, 10 March 1990, with frozen tissue at the South Australian Museum (ABTC50282). Paratypes (n = 6). Papua New Guinea: AMS R119547 Sandaun Province, Torri- celli Mtns, Wigote (3°25'S, 142°09'E), collected by T. Flannery, 20 July 1985; BPBM 23314–16 Sandaun Province, Torricelli Mountains, between 2.9–3.2 km east of Mt Sapau summit (3°23'27.0636"S, 142°31'47.028"E, 550–700 m a.s.l.), collected by F. Kraus between 23–25 May 2005. Indonesia: MZB lace 5435–6 Papua Province, Foja Mountains, camp above Marina Valen Village (02°22.230'S, 138°12.753'E; 500 m a.s.l.), collected by S. Richards and B. Tjaturadi between 17–22 July 2004. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large Cyrtodactylus (SVL to 139 mm), with a moderately broad head (HW/SVL 0.19–0.22), enlarged tubercles on the infra-angular region and often ex- tending across the posterior throat, mid-dorsal tubercles in 19 to 25 rows at midpoint of body, subcaudal scales not transversely widened, high number of mid-body ventral scale rows (42–59), femoral pores in two separated rows of 9–19, usually with a further medial precloacal row of 6–13 pores (up to 39 pores in total), venter relatively plain brown with at most scattered darker brown maculations, and dorsum with three dis- tinct to indistinct medium-brown transverse bands on relatively plain light brownish- grey background. Additional details (2133 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Distribution: see map in Oliver et al. 2016: 120. |
Etymology | Equestris latin for knight, in reference to the relative size of this species – large for the genus, but still subordinate to some of its near relatives. |
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