We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus based on five adult specimens from Dai Lanh Cape, Tuy Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam. Cyrtodactylus kingsadai sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese bent-toed geckos by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 94 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of a dark nuchal loop, continuous or partly inte...

– We describe a new species of Luperosaurus from the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of northern Luzon Island, Philippines. Luperosaurus kubli, new species, is distinguished from all Philippine Luperosaurus by the combination of its large body size (105.4 mm for the holotype), reduced interdigital webbing, cutaneous expansions on limbs limited to only the posterior margins, and by the complete abse...

The habitat destruction and land-use changes caused the decline of animal composition in many tropical regions. Here, we study diversity herpetofauna lowland areas Sumatera Barat, a midwestern province island, using visual encounter survey method. surveyed included rubber plantations, streams, paddy fields, peat swamps. We observed 338 individuals representing 44 species from 14 families with a...

A new species of rupicolous gecko of the genus Cnemaspis is described from Hampi, Karnataka, southern India. Cnemaspis adii sp. nov. is diagnosable from all the Indian congeners in possessing the following suite of characters: medium-sized Cnemaspis, SVL less than 35 mm (31.7-34.9). Dorsal scales on the trunk homogeneous, small, granular and feebly keeled. Spine-like tubercles absent on the fla...

Palearctic naked-toed geckos are a group of gekkonid geckos that range from North Africa to northern India and western China, with their greatest diversity in Iran and Pakistan. Relationships among the constituent genera remain incompletely resolved and the monophyly of key genera remains unverified. Further, competing classifications are in current use and many species have been allocated to d...

The gecko genus Geckolepis, endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro archipelago, is taxonomically challenging. One reason is its members ability to autotomize a large portion of their scales when grasped or touched, most likely to escape predation. Based on an integrative taxonomic approach including external morphology, morphometrics, genetics, pholidosis, and osteology, we here describe the firs...