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Cyrtodactylus spinosus LINKEM, MCGUIRE, HAYDEN, SETIADI, BICKFORD & BROWN, 2008

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus spinosus LINKEM, MCGUIRE, HAYDEN, SETIADI, BICKFORD & BROWN 2008
Cyrtodactylus spinosus — MECKE et al. 2016 
DistributionIndonesia (Sulawesi)

Type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Island: Sulawesi Tenggah Province: Kabupaten Donggala: Kecematan Kulawi: Desa Mataue: Lore-Lindu National Park (01.44883° S, 119.99483° E) at 696 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZB 7024 (BSI-FS 1694), adult male, collected 8 November 2004 at 19:35 h, from. Collected by CJH, RMB, JAM and CWL. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus spinosus is distinguished from all other Cyrtodactylus species by the following characters: a row of spines along ventrolateral body fold; six lateral rows of small, unkeeled body tubercles, with most ventral row intermixed with spines; two spines on temporal region of head; 31 spine-adorned annuli encircling original tail; tubercles on fore- and hind limbs; spines on postantefemoral portion of hind limb. Additional characters distinguishing this species include: proximal subdigital lamellae transversely expanded; 19–21 subdigital lamellae on toe IV; 38–44 mid body ventral scales; most scales in femoral region small, granular; 7–12 enlarged femoral series scales lacking pores; presence of pre-cloacal groove in males (absent in females); presence of pre-cloacal pores (12–13) in a chevron-shaped groove; subcaudals not transversely expanded; three chevron-shaped dark bands on a grayish-brown background. [from LINKEM et al. 2008]. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyThe name is derived from the Latin word spina which means ‘‘spiny’’ or ‘‘thorny’’ in reference to the unique spines possessed by this species. 
References
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; SHAHRUL ANUAR, EVAN QUAH, MOHD ABDUL MUIN, CHAN KIN ONN, JESSE L. GRISMER & NORHAYATI AHMAD 2010. A new spiny, prehensile-tailed species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with a preliminary hypothesis of relationships based on morphology. Zootaxa 2625: 40–52 - get paper here
  • HARTMANN, LUKAS; SVEN MECKE, MAX KIECKBUSCH, FELIX MADER, HINRICH KAISER 2016. A new species of bent-toed gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Jawa Timur Province, Java, Indonesia, with taxonomic remarks on C. fumosus (Müller, 1895). Zootaxa 4067 (5): 552–568 - get paper here
  • Iskandar, D.; Rachmansah, A. & Umilaela 2011. A new bent-toed gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Mount Tompotika, eastern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2838: 65–78 - get paper here
  • Koch, A. 2011. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment. In: F.E. Zachos and J.C. Habel (eds.), Biodiversity Hotspots. Springer, Berlin, p. 383-404 - get paper here
  • Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
  • Linkem, Charles W.; Jimmy A. McGuire, Christopher J. Hayden, Mohammed Iqbal Setiadi, David P. Bickford, and Rafe M. Brown 2008. A New Species of Bent-Toe Gecko (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Sulawesi Island, Eastern Indonesia. Herpetologica 64 (2): 224-234 - get paper here
  • Mecke, Sven; Lukas Hartmann, Felix Mader, Max Kieckbusch, Hinrich Kaiser 2016. Redescription of Cyrtodactylus fumosus (Müller, 1895) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a revised identification key to the bent-toed geckos of Sulawesi. Acta Herpetologica 11 (2): 151-160 - get paper here
  • MECKE, SVEN; MAX KIECKBUSCH, LUKAS HARTMANN, HINRICH KAISER 2016. Historical considerations and comments on the type series of Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Gray, 1831, with an updated comparative table for the bent-toed geckos of the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi. Zootaxa 4175 (4): 353–365 - get paper here
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  • 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 - get paper here
  • OLIVER , PAUL; PAUL EDGAR, MUMPUNI, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR & RON LILLEY 2009. A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2115: 47-55 - get paper here
  • RIYANTO, AWAL; HELLEN KURNIATI, ANDREW ENGILIS, JR 2016. A new Bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mekongga Mountains, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia. . Zootaxa 4109 (1): 059-072 - get paper here
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