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| Cyrtodactylus meesookae Sumontha, Panitvong, Kunya, Donbundit, W. Suthanthangjai, M. Suthanthangjai, Phanamphon & Pauwels, 2024 |
Abstract
We describe Cyrtodactylus meesookae sp. nov. from a cave on Khao Nam Phu (14°34’33.2”N, 101°08’42.6”E), a limestone hill in Saraburi Province, central Thailand, and C. wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. (previously confused with C. papilionoides) from a cave on Phu Pha Sana (17°10’33.8”N 101°57’52.5”E), a limestone hill in Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. These two micro-endemic, trogloxene species, separated by a distance of about 300 airline km, share a typical habitus for limestone-dwelling species and a relatively similar dorsal pattern, but they are readily distinguished by scalation characters.
Reptlia, taxonomy, morphology, karst, limestone
ตุ๊กกายถ้ำเขาน้ำพุ
Cyrtodactylus meesookae sp. nov.
from a cave on Khao Nam Phu, a limestone hill in Saraburi Province, central Thailand,
ตุ๊กกายเอราวัณ
Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli sp. nov.
(previously confused with C. papilionoides)
from a cave on Phu Pha Sana, a limestone hill in Loei Province, northeastern Thailand.
Montri Sumontha, Nonn Panitvong, Kirati Kunya, Nattasuda Donbundit, Winai Suthanthangjai, Maneerat Suthanthangjai, Eakarit Phanamphon and Olivier S. G. Pauwels. 2024. Two New Cave-dwelling Species of Bent-toed Geckos from Saraburi and Loei provinces, Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Zootaxa. 5512(2); 272-294. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.9
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