Yangbay bent-toed gecko explained

The Yangbay bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis) is a species of gecko found in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.^[1]

Description

This species differs from other species of Indo–Chinese Cyrtodactylus by having a mean snout-vent length of 83.5mm; dark spots on the head; 6–8 precloacal pores in males which are arranged in a chevron; 18–20 subdigital lamellae under its first toe; 15–17 subdigital lamellae under its fourth toe; and a middle row of bigger subcaudal scales.

Distribution

The gecko is found in monsoon evergreen forests of Truong Son Mountain Range Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam.

Further reading

• Ziegler, Thomas, and Q. T. Nguyen. "New discoveries of amphibians and reptiles from Vietnam." Bonn Zool. Bull 57.2 (2010): 137–147.

External links

• Reptile Database

Notes and References

1. Van Tri, Ngo, and Chan Kin Onn. "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam."Zootaxa 2504 (2010): 47-60.