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Cyrtodactylus meesookae SUMONTHA, PANITVONG, KUNYA, DONBUNDIT, SUTHANTHANGJAI, SUTHANTHANGJAI, PHANAMPHON & PAUWELS, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Khao Nam Phu Bent-toed Gecko
Thai: ตุ๊กกายถ้ําเขาน้ําพ (Took-kai-tham-KhaoNamPhu
French: Cyrtodactyle de Khao Nam Phu 
SynonymCyrtodactylus meesookae SUMONTHA, PANITVONG, KUNYA, DONBUNDIT, SUTHANTHANGJAI, SUTHANTHANGJAI, PHANAMPHON & PAUWELS 2024: 274 
DistributionThailand (Saraburi)

Type locality: cave on Khao Nam Phu (14°34’33.2”N, 101°08’42.6”E), a limestone hill in the village of Thap Kwang, Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi Province, central Thailand  
Reproduction 
Typesholotype. CUMZ-r-2600 (field no. MS 761), adult female caught on 27 November 2003 by Eakarit Phanamphon and Montri Sumontha.
Paratypes (2). CuMZ-r-2601 (field no. MS 762), adult female, and CuMZ-r-2602 (field no. MS 763), adult male; same locality, date and collectors as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Cyrtodactylus meesookae sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeneric species by the combination of its maximal known SVl of 87.3 mm, 21–23 interorbital scales, 31–41 interciliary scales, 11 or 12 supralabials, 9–11 infralabials, 31 or 32 paravertebral tubercles of which 23 or 24 between limb insertions, 16–18 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 46 ventral scale rows at midbody, poorly defined, non-denticulate ventrolateral folds, no enlarged femoral scales, six precloacal pores (three pores on each side separated by two smaller, poreless scales) in the male, six or seven pits (three or four on each side separated by two or three pitless scales) in females, no precloacal groove or depression, two postcloacal spurs on each side of the base of the tail in males and females, no interdigital webbing, 16–19 total subdigital lamellae on 4th toe, a row of widened median subcaudal plates, a banded dorsal pattern including an uninterrupted nuchal collar and three dark brown bands on dorsum, ten or 11 dark brown bands on original tail, and a golden iris. (Sumontha et al. 2024)


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  • Sumontha, Montri; Panitvong, Nonn; Kunya, Kirati; Donbundit, Nattasuda; Suthanthangjai, Winai; Suthanthangjai, Maneerat; Phanamphon, Eakarit; Pauwels, Olivier S. G. 2024. Two new cave-dwelling species of Bent-toed Geckos from Saraburi and Loei provinces, Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Zootaxa. 5512 (2): 272–294 - get paper here
 
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