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| Cyrtodactylus merubetiriensis Fauzi, Widodo, Efendi, Rohman, Racho, Herlambang, Sidik, Hamidy, Abinawanto & Riyanto, 2026 Merubetiri’s Bent-toed Gecko | DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5884.1.2 cecak jarilengkung Meru Betiri | instagram.com/mzbherpetologi |
Abstract
A new species of bent-toed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray is described from Meru Betiri National Park, East Java, Indonesia, that belongs to the C. sadleiri complex within the C. darmandvillei species group. It is a medium-sized (SVL) species with adult males reaching 73.1 mm and females 71.6 mm; tubercles absent on upper arm, present on lower arm and along the ventrolateral fold; dorsal scales of upper arm keeled; 20–22 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; 30–34 paravertebral tubercles series; 32–40 ventral scale rows across belly; precloacal groove present with the enlarged pore-bearing scales arranged in the shape of an inverse ‘Y’ with the groove broadening posteriorly; males with 37–46 precloacofemoral pores; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales arranged in a continuous series; abrupt transition between the enlarged femorals and the adjacent scales on the posterior margin of the thigh; subequal median subcaudal scales not transversely enlarged. The new species is genetically divergent from the other Javan congeners of the C. darmandvillei group with genetic divergences (p-distances) ranging from 11.6–14.6% for the mitochondrial ND2 gene.
Reptilia, Cyrtodactylus, hidden diversity, Meru Betiri, new species, Java
Cyrtodactylus merubetiriensis
Muhammad Alif FAUZI, Wiwied WIDODO, Ketut EFENDI, ROHMAN, Asrael RACHO, Alamsyah Elang Nusa HERLAMBANG, Irvan SIDIK, Amir HAMIDY, ABINAWANTO and Awal RIYANTO. 2026. A New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Meru Betiri National Park highlights hidden diversity of Javan bent-toed geckos. Zootaxa. 5884(4); 48-72. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5884.1.2 [2026-09-25]
