Cyrtodactylus kunyai PAUWELS, SUMONTHA, KEERATIKIAT & PHANAMPHON, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	Thai: Took-kai Kirati E: Kunya’s bent-toed gecko F: Cyrtodactyle de Kunya
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus kunyai PAUWELS, SUMONTHA, KEERATIKIAT & PHANAMPHON 2014
Distribution	NE Thailand (Loei) Type locality: limestone cave in Suan Hin Pha Ngam (17°03.062’N, 101°44.588’E), Amphoe (= District) Nong Hin, Loei Province, northeastern Thailand.
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: THNHM 2560 (field number MS 270); adult male. Collected by Kaweesak Keeratikiat on 23 June 2008.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus kunyai sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeneric species by its maximal known SVL of 87.9 mm; 19 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 34 ventral scale rows between ventrolateral skin folds; a continuous series of 39 enlarged femoro-precloacal scales, including 5–6 pore-bearing scales on each femur separated by a diastema from 3 pore-bearing precloacal scales (no pores in females); no precloacal groove nor depression; transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; a dark orangeish iris; adults with four or five brown bands between nuchal loop and hind limb insertions and 3 bi-colored band interspaces between limb insertions and a medially interrupted nuchal loop.
Comment	Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here PAUWELS, OLIVIER S. G.; MONTRI SUMONTHA, KAWEESAK KEERATIKIAT & EAKARIT PHANAMPHON 2014. Cyrtodactylus kunyai (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. Zootaxa 3821 (2): 253–264 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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