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Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis 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: Wel pyan cave bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus welpyanensis GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, QUAH, MURDOCH, GRISMER, LIN, KYAW & LWIN 2017: 68 
DistributionMyanmar (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).  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: 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. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Wel Pyan Cave. 
References
  • CHOMDEJ, S., SUWANNAPOOM, C., PAWANGKHANANT, P., PRADIT, W., NAZAROV, R. A., GRISMER, L. L., & POYARKOV, N. A. 2020. A new species Cyrtodactytlus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. inthanon and C. doisuthep. Zootaxa 4838 (2): 179-209 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Perry L. Wood Jr., Myint Kyaw Thura, Evan S.H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, Marta S. Grismer, Mark W. Herr, Aung Lin & Htet Kyaw 2018. Three more new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Salween Basin of eastern Myanmar underscore the urgent need for the conservation of karst habitats. Journal of Natural History, 52:19-20, 1243-1294 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S.H. QUAH, MARTA S. GRISMER, MYINT KYAW<br>THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS & AUNG LIN 2020. Two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in the Salween Basin of southern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4718 (2): 151–183 - 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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