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Cyrtodactylus kapitensis DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus kapitensis DAVIS, NASHRIQ, WOYTEK, WIKRAMANAYAKE, BAUER, KARIN, BRENNAN, ISKANDAR & DAS 2023 
DistributionMalaysia (Borneo: Kapit Division)

Type locality: Pelagus National Park, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UNIMAS 9649, adult male collected by Hayden R. Davis and Izneil Nashriq.
Paratypes: FMNH 221433; FMNH 221440; FMNH 221446; FMNH 221449, collected by Robert F. Inger and Paul Walker from Sungai Segaham camp, Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus kapitensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all recognized Cyrtodactylus species by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of at least 112 mm; 9–12 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; moderate tuberculation on dorsal surface of body; no tubercles on ventral surface of body; 43–54 paravertebral tubercles; 16–20 longitudinal tubercle rows; 47–63 ventral scales; 21–24 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; 0–9 femoral pores; almost always enlarged femoral scales; 6–10 preanal pores; preanal pit; indistinct dorsal body bands; rostral chevron; and single row of enlarged caudal scales. The species can further be distinguished using fixed genetic differences (Davis et al. 2023).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet kapitensis is in reference to the geographic division of Sarawak from which it is described—Kapit Division. Kapit forms the inner central portion of the State and remains one of the least studied regions in the state. 
References
  • DAVIS, H. R., NASHRIQ, I., WOYTEK, K. S., WIKRAMANAYAKE, S. A., BAUER, A. M., KARIN, B. R., ... & DAS, I. 2023. Redescription of two Bornean gekkonid lizard species of the Cyrtodactylus consobrinus (Peters, 1871) complex with comments on online supplementary material. Bionomina 35 (1): 9-19 - get paper here
  • Davis, H. R., Nashriq, I., Woytek, K. S., Wikramanayake, S. A., Bauer, A. M., Karin, B. R., Brennan, I. G., Iskandar, D. T., & Das, I. 2023. Genomic analysis of Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) reveals need for updated taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1– 15 - get paper here
 
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