Tuesday, June 10, 2014

[Herpetology • 2014] Cyrtodactylus samroiyot | ตุ๊กกายสามร้อยยอด | Sam Roi Yot Bent-toed Gecko • A New Limestone-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, peninsular Thailand


ตุ๊กกายสามร้อยยอด | Sam Roi Yot Bent-toed Gecko
female 
Cyrtodactylus samroiyot Pauwels & Sumontha, 2014
photo: M. Sumontha | siamensis.org

Abstract

We describe Cyrtodactylus samroiyot sp. nov. from a limestone relief in Sam Roi Yot District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, peninsular Thailand. It is characterized by a maximal known SVL of 66.9 mm; 17–18 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 33–34 longitudinal rows of ventrals across the abdomen between the ventrolateral skin folds; a continuous series of seven precloacal pores in males (six shallow precloacal pits in females); a series of slightly enlarged, poreless and pitless femoral scales; no precloacal groove nor depression; median row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; a complete nuchal loop; and a dorsal pattern consisting of three long dark brown bands, one above shoulders and two above abdomen.

Keywords: Thai-Malay Peninsula, Khao Sam Roi Yot, Cyrtodactylus samroiyot sp. nov.


Pauwels, Olivier S. g. & Montri Sumontha. 2014. Cyrtodactylus samroiyot, A New Limestone-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa. 3755(6): 573–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.6.4