A new species of bent-toed gecko, Cyrtopodion brachykolon is described from a series of specimens collected in 1991 from Manshera and lower Swat districts, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. Specimens were examined for 45 morphological characters and measurements. Cyrtopodion brachykolon is distinguished from the morphologically similar species, Cyrtopodion walli (Ingoldby 1922), by the former's relatively shorter limbs, smaller dorsal tubercles relative to the surrounding granular scales, indistinct longitudinal rows of enlarged dorsal tubercles, and fewer number of transverse color bands. Another morphologically similar species, Alsophylax (Altiphylax) tokobajvi Eremschenko and Szczerbak 1984, can be separated from this new species by its larger supranasal scales and less angularly bent or straight digits. We also provide a brief review of the taxonomic history of the bent-toed geckos of Pakistan, herein assigned to Cyrtopodion (s. l.).
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March 01 2007
A NEW SPECIES OF CYRTOPODION (GEKKONIDAE: GEKKONINAE) FROM PAKISTAN
Kenneth L. Krysko;
Kenneth L. Krysko
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1 Florida Museum of Natural History, Division of Herpetology, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Hafizur Rehman;
Hafizur Rehman
2 Zoological Survey Department, Government of Pakistan, Karachi 72400
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Kurt Auffenberg
Kurt Auffenberg
3 Florida Museum of Natural History, Powell Hall, P. O. Box 112710, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Herpetologica (2007) 63 (1): 100–113.
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June 23 2006
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Kenneth L. Krysko, Hafizur Rehman, Kurt Auffenberg; A NEW SPECIES OF CYRTOPODION (GEKKONIDAE: GEKKONINAE) FROM PAKISTAN. Herpetologica 1 March 2007; 63 (1): 100–113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[100:ANSOCG]2.0.CO;2
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