Cyrtodactylus medioclivus OLIVER, RICHARDS & SISTROM, 2012
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Cyrtodactylus medioclivus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus medioclivus OLIVER, RICHARDS & SISTROM 2012 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province) Type locality: ‘Tualapa Camp’, 3 km N Wanakipa Village (05°10’ 12.11", 142°17’ 54.56"), 1115 m elevation, Upper Strickland Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: SAMA R66091 (Field number SJR 10607), male, collected by S. Richards on 15 July 2008, tissue stored in alcohol at the South Australian Museum. Paratype. AMSR 122411 brought in by local collectors at Bobole (06°12’ S 142°46’ E), 1080 m a. s. l., Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, preserved by S. Donnellan and K. Aplin, October 1985, frozen liver tissue stored at the South Australian Museum. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis and comparisons. Distinguished from all other Melanesian and Wallacean Cyrtodactylus by the following unique combination of character states: moderately large size (SVL up to 103.4mm); moderately wide head (HW ⁄ SVL 0.20); medial row of mostly single transversely enlarged subcaudal scales approximately a third to a half width of tail; continuous series of enlarged precloacal and femoral scales extending full length of femur; adult males with open chevron of 12–13 precloacal pores, separated by one to three scales from long series of 19–24 femoral pores extending to the knee; caudal tubercles extending <30 mm from base of cloaca and on dorsal surface only; dorsal cephalic tubercles sparse in the mid-dorsal region posterior to orbitals; relatively low number (20) of dorsal tubercle rows at mid-point of body; dorsal coloration con- sisting of five or six indistinct jagged dark-brown bands on a light grey-brown background; and iris bronze in life. Additional details (1971 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Latin ‘medio’ (middle, half) and ‘clivus’ (slopes), in reference to known localities at moderate altitudes at the approximate mid-point of New Guinea, and alluding to this species’ relationship with Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus from the North Papuan Ranges (Oliver et al. 2011). |
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