A New Species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Southern Yunnan, China

Shuo Liu, Qisheng Li, Mian Hou, Nikolai L. Orlov, Natalia B. Ananjeva

Abstract


A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described based on five specimens collected from the karst formations of Maguan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The new species is recognized by having a unique combination of morphological characters: medium body size, ventrolateral folds present without interspersed tubercles, 7 – 9 precloacal pores in a continuous series, enlarged femoral scales present and continuous with pore-bearing precloacal scales, femoral pores on each enlarged femoral scale in males, 1 – 4 postcloacal tubercles on each side, subcaudals enlarged, a black postocular streak extending from posterior corner of eye rearwards to above tympanum, nuchal loop discontinuous, 6 – 7 black irregular dorsal bands between limbs, most bands discontinuous. Genetically, uncorrected sequence divergences of the ND2 gene and its flanking tRNAs between the new species and investigated congeners ranged from 12.5% to 18.2%.

Keywords


bent-toed gecko; Cyrtodactylus chauquangensis species group; China; Gulinqing Nature Reserve; taxonomy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-4-185-196

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