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Cyrtodactylus linnoensis 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: Linno cave bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus linnoensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 77 
DistributionMyanmar (Hpa-an District, Kayin State)

Type locality: Linno Cave region 5 km south-west of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N16°50.551, E97°36.402; 25 m in elevation).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: LSUHC 12826, Adult male, collected on 4 October 2016 at 2000 h by L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Evan S. H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, Marta S. Grismer, Myint Kyaw Thura, Thaw Zin and Htet Kyaw. Paratypes: Adult males BYU 52230–31, 52323, LSUHC 12829, 12832–34, juvenile male BYU 52223 and adult females LSUHC 12824–25 bear the same collection data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus linnoensis sp. nov. differs from all congeners by having the unique combination of nine or ten supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; 13–15 rows of longitudinal body tubercles; 26 or 27 paravertebral tubercles; 35–38 ventral scales; relatively long digits with nine or ten expanded subdigital lamellae proximal to the digital inflection on the fourth toe, 13 or 14 unmodified, distal, subdigital lamellae, 22–24 total subdigital lamellae; raised, moderately to strongly keeled, dorsal, body tubercles extending beyond base of tail; 12–37 enlarged femoral scales, proximal scales one-half to one-third the size of distal scales; 12–14 femoral pores in males; 9–13 enlarged precloacal scales; 4–6 precloacal pores in males; three or four 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 lacking an anterior, azygous notch, posterior border usually sinuous; five or six dark, jagged, dorsal bands lacking paravertebral elements, wider than interspaces, faintly lightened centres, edged with light-coloured tubercles; band on nape; dark markings but no light-coloured tubercles in dorsal interspaces; ventrolateral folds whitish; anterodorsal margins of thighs lack pigment; brachia at least faintly pigmented; 15 light-coloured caudal bands bearing dark markings, not encircling tail; 14 dark caudal bands wider than light caudal bands; and mature, regenerated tail not spotted.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet, linnoensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality. 
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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