New bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Simeulue Island, Indonesia
We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray that belongs to the C. quadrivirgatus complex within the C. sworderi group from Simeulue, an adjacent island to Sumatra. It is a medium-sized (SVL) species with adult males reaching 57.2 mm and females 59.9 mm; tubercles present on both dorsal of brachium; ventrolateral fold present; 2022 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; 3435 paravertebral tubercle series; 3842 ventral scale rows across belly; precloacal groove absent; 2 precloacal pores present in males, absent in females; enlarged precloacofemoral scales present; abrupt transition between the enlarged femorals and the adjacent scales on the posterior margin of the thigh; 21 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; and subequal median subcaudal scales not transversely enlarged. The new species is genetically divergent from the other congeners of the C. sworderi group, with genetic divergences (p-distances) ranging from 12.420.1% for the mitochondrial ND2 gene.
Authors
- Awal Riyanto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-9352)
- Isna Arofatun Nikmah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-8583)
- Mulyadi Mulyadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-3871)
- AMIR HAMIDY
- SADINA TAHARA JUSIVANI
Institutions
- IPB University (ID)
- Nawaloka Hospital (LK)
- Indonesia Defense University (ID)
- Military University (RU)
- National Research, Development and Innovation Office (HU)
- National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (ID)
- National Research and Innovation Agency (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-08-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.3
- Primary Topic
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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