Cyrtodactylus lateralis (WERNER, 1896)
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Cyrtodactylus lateralis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Werner’s Prehensile-tailed Bent-toed Gecko, Sumatra Bow-fingered Gecko, Spiny Forest Gecko G: Seitenstachel-Bogenfingergecko |
| Synonym | Gymnodactylus lateralis WERNER 1896: 11 Gymnodactylus lateralis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 7 Cyrtodactylus lateralis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 223 Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) lateralis — RÖSLER 2000: 66 Cyrtodactylus lateralis — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra) Type locality: Sumatra |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 12029 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large species of Cyrtodactylus reaching 100 mm SVL (LSUHC 12579) and distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body robust; limbs and digits moderate in length; (2) tail prehensile; intact tails 0.97–1.22 times longer than body; (3) tubercles extending from frontal region and supraorbital skin to cover most of tail, 16–20 irregular longitudinal rows of tubercles at midbody, 21–28 irregular transverse rows between limbs; (4) dorsal antebrachium and brachium tuberculate; (5) tubercles on tail extending to 90% of its length; (6) 51–66 ventrals in a transverse row at midbody; (7) conical, spinose tubercles in ventrolateral fold; (8) subcaudals not transversely enlarged; (9) moderate longitudinal sulcus in precloacal region of males; (10) 9–13 precloacal pores in males (0–15) pore primordia in females), femoral pores absent, precloacal pores sunken into precloacal sulcus; pore secretions red; (11) greatly enlarged precloacal pore-bearing scales present; (12) ventral surface of thighs entirely granular or granular except for 2–13 (count combined for both sides) widely spaced enlarged femoral scales; (13) 18–24 lamellae under fourth toe; (14) cloacal tubercles 1–2 on each side, usually in contact with one another; (15) dorsum gray to brown with dark brown markings; venter pale pink, immaculate or with diffuse, darkly pigmented scales forming no obvious pattern; (16) labials pale, contrasting with darker facial band; occiput with few large blotches; postocular stripe brown, edged dorsally by thin black line then by pale pigmented scales; (17) 5–6 transverse, usually broken bands on body; 7–9 bands on tail; caudal bands complete ventrally though faint (Harvey et al. 2016). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2047 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in Harvey et al. 2016: 526 (Fig. 5). |
| Etymology | Named after serrated lateral skin fold, from Latin latus = “the side, flank”. |
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