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| Cyrtodactylus belanegara Riyanto, Hikmah, Amarasinghe, Abinawanto & Hamidy, 2024 |
ABSTRACT
We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus from Sentul, a suburb of Bogor City, West Java, Indonesia that belongs to the C. marmoratus species group. The new species is the fourth Cyrtodactylus reported from Java. It is small (SVL 46.3–53.8 mm) and nocturnal. A combination of the following characteristics distinguishes the new species from all other congeners: supralabials 11–13; infralabials 9–11; tubercles on the dorsal surface of upper arm absent; tubercles on ventrolateral body folds present; longitudinal dorsal tubercle rows 18–20; paravertebral tubercles 27–34; ventral scale rows 37–40 at midbody; grooved precloacal depression in males; enlarged precloacofemoral scales present, containing 12 or 13 precloacal pores and 2–4 femoral pores; separated by 5–7 normal scales; subdigital lamellae on fourth toe 18–23; and enlarged transverse median subcaudals absent. The new species is genetically divergent from the other two Javan congeners of the C. marmoratus group—C. marmoratus and C. semiadii—with genetic divergences (p-distances) of 21.3–22.3% in the mitochondrial ND2 gene.
Cyrtodactylus belanegara sp. nov.
Etymology: The specific epithet is a compound noun in apposition and refers to belanegara (in the Indonesian language), composed with the adjective ‘‘bela’’ (= defending) and the noun ‘‘negara’’ (= country). The name refers to the mission of the Indonesia Defense University, where the new species has been found.
English name: Defending Bent-toad Gecko
Indonesian (local) name: Cecak Jarilengkung belanegara
Awal Riyanto; Isna A. Hikmah; A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe; A. Abinawanto and Amir Hamidy. 2024. Another New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from West Java, Indonesia. Herpetologica. 80(4); 358–367. DOI: doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00023
