Yangbay bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. yangbayensis
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis
Tri & Onn, 2010

The Yangbay bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis) is a species of gecko found in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.[1]

Description

This species differs from other species of Indo–Chinese Cyrtodactylus by having a mean snout-vent length of 83.5 millimetres (3.29 in); dark spots on the head; 6–8 precloacal pores in males which are arranged in a chevron; 18–20 subdigital lamellae under its first toe; 15–17 subdigital lamellae under its fourth toe; and a middle row of bigger subcaudal scales.[1]

Distribution

The gecko is found in monsoon evergreen forests of Truong Son Mountain Range Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Van Tri, Ngo, and Chan Kin Onn. "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam."Zootaxa 2504 (2010): 47-60.

Further reading

  • Ziegler, Thomas, and Q. T. Nguyen. "New discoveries of amphibians and reptiles from Vietnam." Bonn Zool. Bull 57.2 (2010): 137–147.


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