We describe Cyrtodactylus saiyok sp. nov. from a dry evergreen forest on a limestone hill in Khao Krajae, Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. It is characterized by a maximal known SVL of 61.0 mm; 18-19 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 23 or 24 ventral scale rows between ventrolateral skin folds; a continuous series of enlarged femoro-precloacal scales, including 5 ...

A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described from the southern Western Ghats India. It distinguished all ­ collegalensis complex in colour pattern and resembles Srilankan endemic C. yakhuna overall colouration. Phylogenetic analysis mitochondrial ND2 DNA sequences indicates that most closely related to differs them by an uncorrected pairwise genetic distance 10.5–12.9%.

the revised checklist of reptiles for fars province, southern iran, comprises of 63 species in 41 genera, 17 families and two orders (squamata and testudines). the most diverse suborder is the sauria with 38 species or 60.31% of the herpetofauna, followed by serpentes (23 species, 36.5%) and the testudines (2 species, 3.17%). the most diverse families are the colubridae and gekkonidae with 15 a...