v9i1.222

ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.222

Submitted date: 01 December 2019
Accepted date: 30 April 2020
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 59–70, pls. 22–24.

A NEW BENT-TOED GECKO SPECIES OF THE GENUS Cyrtodactylus GRAY, 1827 (SQUAMATA : GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE WEST BALI NATIONAL PARK, BALI, INDONESIA

A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Awal Riyanto, Mumpuni & Lee L. Grismer
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun@rccc.ui.ac.id

Abstract
A new bent-toed gecko species of the genus Cyrtodactylus is described herein from West Bali National Park on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The Cyrtodactylus from Bali have been recognized as C. fumosus for nearly a century. However, recent detailed examination of the type material of C. fumosus has revealed that Balinese Cyrtodactylus represent at least one different species. A morphological examination of the new species and samples from different biogeographic regions revealed that the new species is similar to C. seribuatensis from Pulau Seribuat in West Malaysia. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from its congener by having 40–43 femoro-precloacal pores (vs 10–12 precloacal pores, 14–16 femoral pores), 40–48 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds (vs 28–39), 24–29 rows of dorsal tubercles (vs 27–35), and presence of tubercles on lateral skinfold (vs absent).

Key words : Cyrtodactylus fumosus, Sundaland, Taman Nasional Bali Barat, taxonomy

Section Editor: Aaron Bauer
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org