Cyrtodactylus cattienensis

Cyrtodactylus cattienensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. cattienensis
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus cattienensis
GEISSLER, NAZAROV, ORLOV, BÖHME, PHUNG, NGUYEN & ZIEGLER (2004)

Cyrtodactylus cattienensis is a gecko from southern Vietnam.[1]

Description

It is small in size, with a maximum SVL of 69 mm. A neck band is present, extending to the posterior margin of the eye; its trunk, tail and limbs bear irregularly-shaped bands: 4–6 light bands on trunk and 4–12 white bands on tail; it has 16–22 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles. Its lateral folds are weakly developed or absent, without enlarged tubercles. Males have 6–8 precloacal pores in angular continuous series and there is a patch of enlarged precloacal scales present in both sexes.

References

  1. GEISSLER, PETER; ROMAN NAZAROV, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, WOLFGANG BÖHME, TRUNG MY PHUNG, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN & THOMAS ZIEGLER (2009). "A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam". Zootaxa 2161: 20–32. Retrieved 10 October 2012.