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A New Species Belonging to the Cyrtodactylus sadleiri Complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) Has Been Discovered in East Java, Indonesia

  • Awal Riyanto
  • , Irvan Sidik
  • , Amir Hamidy
  • , L. Lee Grismer
  • , Abinawanto

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray from East Java (Maospati and Mojokerto), Indonesia that belongs to the C. sadlieri complex within the C. darmandvillei species group. It is a medium sized (SVL) species with adult males reaching 67.2 mm and females 59.0 mm, dorsal tubercles absent on brachium, present on antebrachium and along the ventrolateral fold; 18-20 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; 26-28 paravertebral tubercles per series; 28-34 ventral scale rows across belly; precloacal groove present with 32-37 precloacofemoral pores in males; 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 groupwith genetic divergences (p-distances) ranging from 7.7-12.1% for the mitochondrial ND2 gene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81-99
Number of pages19
JournalZootaxa
Volume5570
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • C. darmandvillei
  • East Java
  • phylogeny
  • taxonomy

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