Cyrtodactylus guakanthanensis GRISMER, BELABUT, QUAH, ONN, WOOD & HASIM, 2014
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Cyrtodactylus guakanthanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Gua Kanthan Bent-toed Gecko Malay: Cicak Gua Kanthan |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus guakanthanensis GRISMER, BELABUT, QUAH, ONN, WOOD & HASIM 2014 |
| Distribution | Peninsular Malaysia (Perak) Type locality: Gua Kanthan, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia (4°45.685’N, 101°07.322’E; 45 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 11322, adult male, collected by Daicus M. Belabut, Chan K. Onn, Evan S. H. Quah and L. Lee Grismer on 14 July 2013. Paratypes. All paratypes (LSUHC 11321, 11323, 11325–36, 11339) bear the same data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Cyrtodactylus guakanthanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Sundaland species by having the following suite of character states: adult SVL 77.7–82.2 mm adult SVL; moderately sized, conical, weakly keeled, body tubercles; tubercles present on occiput, nape, and limbs, and extend posteriorly beyond base of tail; 37–44 ventral scales; no transversely enlarged, median, subcaudal scales; proximal subdigital lamellae transversely expanded; 19–21 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; abrupt transition between posterior and ventral femoral scales; enlarged femoral scales; no femoral or precloacal pores; precloacal groove absent; wide, dark postorbital stripes from each eye extending posteriorly to the anterior margin of the shoulder region thence forming a transverse band across the anterior margin of the forelimbs; and body bearing five (rarely four) wide, bold, dark bands. The meristic characters are scored against C. sworderi, C. tebuensis and C. quadrivirgatus in Table 5 and against all other Sundaland species in Grismer et al. (2012b: Table 5). Comparisons. Within the Cyrotdactylus sworderi complex, C. guakanthanensis is separated from C. quadrivirgatus by having an abrupt transition between small and large postfemoral scales and a banded dorsal pattern. From C. sworderi it differs in having fewer paravertebral tubercles (32–34 versus 36–38); lacking as opposed to having precloacal pores; having as opposed to lacking enlarged femoral scales; having wide as opposed to narrow whitish caudal bands (Fig. 1); and having a banded as opposed to spotted dorsal pattern (Fig. 1). It differs from C. tebuensis in potentially having few suprlabials (nine or 10 versus 11–13); having wide as opposed to narrow whitish caudal bands which are fewer in number (nine versus 10–14; Fig. 1); and having a banded versus a spotted or striped dorsal pattern (Fig. 1). These differences are compared between all members of the C. sworderi complex in Table 5 (GRISMER et al. 2014). |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet guakanthanensis is an adjective and refers to the type locality Gua Kanthan (=Kanthan Cave) within the Gunung Kanthan limestone forest. |
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