Yangbay bent-toed gecko

Yangbay bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
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 can be distinguished from other Indo-Chinese speciesCyrtodactylus by the following characteristics: a snout-vent length averaging83.5 millimetres (3.29 in); dark spots on the head; 6–8 precloacal pores in males arranged in a chevron pattern; 18–20 subdigital lamellae under its first toe; 15–17 subdigital lamellae under its fourth toe; and a middle row of enlarged subcaudal scales.[1]

Distribution

This gecko inhabits monsoon evergreen forests of the Truong Son Mountain Range in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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