Cyrtodactylus bansocensis Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2016

Schneider, Nicole, Luu, Vinh Quang, Sitthivong, Saly, Teynié, Alexandre, Le, Minh Duc, Nguyen, Truong Quang & Ziegler, Thomas, 2020, Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos including new finding and expanded diagnosis of C. bansocensis, Zootaxa 4822 (4), pp. 503-530 : 520-521

Redescription of Cyrtodactylus bansocensis Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2016 including the first record of a female

C. bansocensis was described based on two adult males from Khammouane Province ( Luu et al. 2016c). Based on the new specimen collected in about 11 km distance from the type locality, including for the first time a female individual, the specimen is described in the following including an expanded diagnosis of the species .

Specimen examined. One adult female VNUF R.2016.4 ( Fig. 6 ) collected by Vinh Quang Luu in February 2016 from Khammouane Province, Ban Soi (17°24N, 105°40E, at an elevation of 174 m a.s.l.) .

Morphological characters. Adult female, SVL 63.8 mm; tail length 94.6 mm. The examined specimen differs from the original description of Luu et al. (2016c) by having more supralabials and infralabials (11 or 12 vs 8–10; 10 vs. 8, respectively), more dorsal tubercle rows (20 vs. 14 or 15) and more scales around midbody (102 vs. 86 or 87). For further morphological data see Table 6.

Expanded diagnosis. As the original description of Cyrtodactylus bansocensis was based on two adult males ( Luu et al. 2016c) we herein expand the diagnosis of this species as follows: medium size, SVL reaching 74.0 mm; dorsal pattern with four light transverse bands between limb insertions; supranasals in contact; 14–20 irregular dorsal tubercle rows at midbody; lateral skin fold present without tubercles; 34 or 35 ventral scale rows between ventrolateral folds; 34 precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous row in males (or interrupted by poreless scales); 16 precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous row in females (two outer femoral pores just pitted on each side), enlarged femoral and precloacal scales present; 4–7 postcloacal tubercles on each side; dorsal tubercles present at base of tail; subcaudal scales transversely enlarged (modified after Luu et al. 2016c).

Natural history notes. The female specimen was collected at night (20:20) on a limestone cliff, ca. 1.5 m from the ground. The surrounding habitat was karst forest. The relative humidity was 52% and the air temperature was 25.5°C.

Distribution. The female specimen of Cyrtodactylus bansocensis was found close to the type locality in Khammouane Province, Laos.

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FIGURE 6. Female specimen (VNUF R.2016.4) of Cyrtodactylus bansocensis from Khammouane Province. Photo: V.Q. Luu.