| two new bent-toed geckos of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from peninsular malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems. | a new species of limestone cave-adapted gecko of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex, c. hidupselamanya sp. nov., is described from an isolated karst formation at felda chiku 7, kelantan, peninsular malaysia. this formation is scheduled to be completely quarried for its mineral content. from what we know about the life history of c. hidupselamanya sp. nov., this will result in its extinction. a new limestone forest-adapted species, c. lenggongensis sp. nov., from the lenggong valley, perak was ... | 2016 | 27394789 |
| the phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (squamata: gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern peninsular malaysia. | an integrative taxonomic analysis of three newly discovered populations of the gekkonid genus cyrtodactylus gray from merapoh, pahang; gunung stong, kelantan; and gunung tebu, terengganu indicate they are part of the c. pulchellus complex and each is a new species and thusly named cyrtodactylus sharkari sp. nov., c. jelawangensis sp. nov., and c. timur sp. nov., respectively. each species bears a unique suite of morphological and color pattern characters separating them from each other and all o ... | 2014 | 24869541 |