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Cyrtodactylus laevis MA, WANG & JIANG, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Smooth Bent‐Toed Gecko
Chinese: 光滑裸趾虎 (Guāng Huá Luŏ Zhĭ Hŭ) 
SynonymCyrtodactylus laevis MA, WANG & JIANG in MA et al. 2024: 7 
DistributionChina (Xizang)

Type locality: 93.34570 E, 29.0442 N; ca. 3060 m a.s.l), from Re Village, Jindong Countryside, Lang County, Linzhi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. CIB 121654, an adult female, collected on 16 July 2023, by Shun Ma, Lu-Lu Sui, Fei-Rong Ji. Paratype. CIB 121655, an adult female, collected on 29 May 2024 by Shun Ma and Tian-Yu Qian, with the same collection location as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: (1) Medium size (SVL 48.58–50.92 mm); (2) tubercles on dorsum are sparse; (3) tail segments are absent and tubercles on tails are absent; (4) supralabials 10–12 and infralabials 8–10; (5) interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 28–32; (6) scale rows at midbody 96–98; (7) ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 145–153; (8) ventral scale rows 41–45; (9) four to five white–yellow transverse bands with brown dots and black merges between the nape and sacrum. (Ma et al. 2024)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the tubercles‐sparse skin surface of the species, from Latin laevis = smooth. 
References
  • Ma, S.; Shi, S.‐C.; Qian, T.‐Y.; Sui, L.‐L.; Wang, B.; Jiang, J.‐P. 2024. A New Species of Cyrtodactylus tibetanus Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Animals 2024, 14, 2384 - get paper here
 
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