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Cyrtodactylus ayunpaensis NGUYEN, HA, MURDOCH, GRISMER, GRISMER & LUU, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus ayunpaensis NGUYEN, HA, MURDOCH, GRISMER, GRISMER & LUU 2025: 60 
DistributionVietnam (Gia Lai)

Type locality: Sao Commune, Ayun Pa Town, Gia Lai Province (14°71’71.6’’N, 104°95’71.3’’E; 212 m a.s.l.),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Adult male, VNUF r.2022.106 (Field No. IArSAI.06),collected by Vinh Quang Luu, Tron Thanh Tran, Lang Ksor on 7 July 2022.
Paratypes. VNuF r.2022.107 (Field No. IArSAI.07), VNuF r.2022.108 (Field No. IArSAI.08), VNuF r.2022.109 (Field No. IArSAI.09), VNuF r.2022.110 (Field No. IArSAI.10), and VNuF r.2022.111 (Field No. IArSAI.11) bear the same data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus ayunpaensis sp. nov. can be separated from remaining congeners of Cyrtodactylus by processing the unique combination of a maximum SVL of 91.5 mm; supralabials 11–13; infralabials 9–10; dorsal tubercles at midbody in 4–6 irregular rows; ventral scales 52–68; subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe 17– 19; precloacal and femoral pores absent in both sexces; enlarged precloacal scales 22–27 in males and absent in females; 7–11 enlarged femoral scales from each thigh; subcaudals transversely enlarged; small, irregularly shaped dark brown blotches on top of head; nuchal band thin and interrupted; dorsal pattern with four irregularly shaped bands and short stripes on the neck. (Nguyen et al. 2025)


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CommentGroup: C. irregularis group. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Nguyen, T.H., Ha, H.B., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, J.L., Grismer, L.L. & Luu, V.Q. 2025. Integrative taxonomic approaches revealed a new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5679 (1), 45–73 - get paper here
 
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