Another New Bent-toed Gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1837 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Borneo

RIYANTO, AWAL and FAUZI, MUHAMMAD ALIF and SIDIK, IRVAN and MUMPUNI and IRHAM, MOHAMMAD and KURNIAWAN, NIA and OTA, HIDETOSHI and OKAMOTO, TAKU and HIKIDA, TSUTOMU and GRISMER, L. LEE (2021) Another New Bent-toed Gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1837 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Borneo. Zootaxa, 5026 (2). pp. 286-300. ISSN 1175-5326

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Abstract

To reveal the diversity of Indonesian bent-toed geckos, we pay attention to Kalimantan (Borneo)an island which has received less attention than other Indonesian islands such as Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and the Lesser Sunda archipelagos. About 30 years after Hikida (1990) described three new Cyrtodactylus from Borneo, four more species were described, namely C. limajalur and C. muluensis in 2019, and C. hantu and C. miriensis in 2021, all by Davis et al. Through examination of the collection at MZB and three addition specimens collected from Tawau, we found several undescribed species, one of which we describe here. This new species is easily differentiated from all other congeners by the combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of at least 65.8 mm; no tubercles on dorsal surface of upper arm; tubercles present in the ventrolateral body folds; 2830 paravertebral tubercles; 1720 longitudinal dorsal tubercle rows; 3946 ventral scale rows at midbody; 1719 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; precloacal pit with 57 pores in males arranged in a wide -shape but absent in females; no enlarged transverse median subcaudals; paired dark brown semilunar-shaped markings on the upper nape. Further study is needed to reveal its molecular phylogenetic position and biogeographical history.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: New Species; Bent-toed Gecko; Cyrtodactylus; Borneo
Subjects: Medicine & Biology
Depositing User: Mrs Titi Herawati
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2025 03:05
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2025 03:05
URI: https://karya.brin.go.id/id/eprint/56467

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