Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus

Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus

Name

Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus Grismer & Ahmad, 2008: 55

• Holotype: ZRC 2.6754, adult ♂, collected by L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Timothy A. Youmans, and Norsham Yaakob on 8 August 2005.
• Type locality: “beneath an overpass on the road to Gunung Raya (06°23.023 N, 99°49.126 E; 621 m elevation), Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia”.
• Paratypes (n=4): ZRC 2.6757 from Telaga Tujuh (06°22.522 N, 99°40.236 E; 100 m asl.) collected on 9 August 2005; ZRC 2.6755 and 2.6756, same data as the holotype; and ZRC 2.6758 from Lubuk Semilang (06°20.551 N, 99°48.342 E; 61 m asl.) collected on 21 August 2005.

Synonyms

• Cyrtodactylus phuketensis Sumontha, Pauwels, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit & Grismer, 2012: 62 [synonymised by Termprayoon, Rujirawan, Grismer, Wood & Aowphol (2021: 104)]
  • Holotype: PSUZC-RT 2010.58 (formerly Montri Sumontha field number MS 510), adult ♂, collected by Kirati Kunya on 2 June 2008.
  • Type locality: “Ban Bangrong (coordinates UTM UPS ca. 47 p0433130 0888891 = 08°02.465N, 98°23.588E; altitude ca. 41 m asl), Thalang District, Phuket Island, Phuket Province, southwestern Thailand”.
  • Paratypes (n=2): THNHM 15378 (formerly MS 509), adult ♂, and QSMI 1170 (formerly MS 508), adult ♀, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L. & Ahmad, N. 2008. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 1924(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1924.1.3 Reference page. 
• Sumontha, M., Pauwels, O.S.G., Kunya, K., Nitikul, A., Samphanthamit, P. & Grismer, L.L. 2012. A new forest-dwelling gecko from Phuket Island, southern Thailand, related to Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3522(1): 61–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3522.1.4 Reference page. 
• Termprayoon, K., Rujirawan, A., Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L. Jr., & Aowphol, A. 2021. Taxonomic reassessment and phylogenetic placement of Cyrtodactylus phuketensis (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. ZooKeys 1040: 91–121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1040.65750 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2023.
• Grismer, L., Quah, E. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2018. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101754287A101754290. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101754287A101754290.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Tuberculate Bent-toed Gecko
ไทย: ตุ๊กกายท้าวแสนปม