Cyrtodactylus pantiensis (Grismer, Chan, Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 102

Cyrtodactylus pantiensis (Grismer, Chan, Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008) — Native.

Cyrtodactylus pantiensis L.L. Grismer, Chan, J.L. Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008: 14 . Holotype: ZRC 2.6750 , by original designation; paratypes (3): LSUHC 8904 and ZRC 2.6751 – 52 , by original designation. Type locality: “Bunker Trail (1°51.759 N, 103°53.186 E; 20 m asl.), Gunung Panti Bird Sanctuary in the Gunung Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia ”.

Panti Mountain Bent-toed Gecko

( Figure 12B )

Singapore records.

Cyrtodactylus pantiensis — Lim et al., 2016: 176 (Pulau Tekong).—Figueroa & I.S. Law, 2021: 1.

Remarks. Cyrtodactylus pantiensis was first recorded in Singapore in 2006 as C. quadrivirgatus from a roadkill specimen at PT ( Lim et al. 2016). Several years later in 2011 and 2012, at least five more individuals were recorded in the northern and central part of the island ( Lim et al. 2016). A photograph of one of these individuals is shown in Figure 12B . After examining photos of these individuals, L.L. Grismer identified them as C. pantiensis constituting a southward range extension ( Grismer 2011b) and a new species for Singapore ( Lim et al. 2016).

Occurrence. Restricted to PT. Rare.

Singapore conservation status. Critically Endangered.

Conservation priority. Highest.

IUCN conservation status. Vulnerable [2019].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Pulau Tekong: ZRC.2.6488 (12-Aug-2006) , ZRC.2.6947 (27-Dec-2011) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Singapore localities. Pulau Tekong.

Figures

FIGURE 12. A) Cyrtodactylus majulah, B) Cyrtodactylus pantiensis, C) Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus, D) Cyrtodactylus semenanjungensis, E) Gehyra mutilata, F) Gekko browni, G) Gekko gecko, and H) Gekko horsfieldii. Photographs by: Alex Figueroa [A, C, G], Tan Heok Hui [B], Nick Baker [D], and Kelvin K.P. Lim [E–F, H].