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| FIGURE 4. Coloration of living Cyrtodactylus lateralis from Gunung Seulawah Agam, Aceh, Sumatra. (A–B) head morphology of two males (A, MZB 13172, head length 18.3 mm, and B, MZB 13173, head length 21.9). (C) Largest known specimen, an adult female (MZB 13175, SVL 96 mm). (D) Pale pigmented male with regenerated tail (UTA 62921, SVL 79 mm). (E) Precloacal coloration and cloacal tubercles of an adult male (UTA 62921, SVL 79 mm). (F) Detail of tail and cloacal tubercles of male (MZB 13172).
Photos by E. N. Smith. ResearchGate.net DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.4.3
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Abstract
We redescribe Cyrtodactylus lateralis (Werner) on the basis of new specimens. Cyrtodactylus lateralis is a prehensile-tailed species, known from scattered lowland to mid-elevation localities in northern Sumatra. The prehensile-tailed Cyrtodactylus are more speciose and have a wider distribution than previously thought. This group includes a mainland SE Asian clade consisting of C. elok, C. interdigitalis, and C. brevipalmatus and an insular clade containing C. durio, C. lateralis, C. nuaulu, C. serratus, C. spinosus, and C. stresemanni. However, a distinctive color pattern in the Wallacean and Papuan species and uncertainty surrounding the type locality of C. stresemanni raise unresolved questions about the inclusiveness of the insular clade. DNA sequence data supports a close relationship between C. elok and C. interdigitalis, but also reveals that C. lateralis and C. durio are not closely related to these species.
Keywords: Aceh, Biogeography, Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus, Cyrtodactylus durio, Cyrtodactylus interdigitalis, Cyrtodactylus nuaulu, Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus, Cyrtodactylus serratus, Cyrtodactylus stresemanni, Phylogenetics, Sumatera Utara, Sumatra, Wallacea, Reptilia
Keywords: Aceh, Biogeography, Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus, Cyrtodactylus durio, Cyrtodactylus interdigitalis, Cyrtodactylus nuaulu, Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus, Cyrtodactylus serratus, Cyrtodactylus stresemanni, Phylogenetics, Sumatera Utara, Sumatra, Wallacea, Reptilia
Michael B. Harvey, Kyle O'Connell, Elijah Wostl, Awal Riyanto, Nia Kurniawan, Eric N Smith and L Lee Grismer. 2016. Redescription Cyrtodactylus lateralis (Werner) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and Phylogeny of the Prehensile-tailed Cyrtodactylus.
Zootaxa. 4107(4); 517–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.4.3
Zootaxa. 4107(4); 517–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.4.3
