| 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 |
| a new potentially endangered limestone-associated bent-toed gecko of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus (squamata: gekkonidae) complex from northern peninsular malaysia. | a survey of a limestone forest at gunung baling, kedah, west malaysia lead to the discovery of an undescribed species of bent-toed gecko from the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex. cyrtodactylus evanquahi sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other species in the c. pulchellus complex by a suite of morphological and color pattern characteristics: prominent tuberculation, higher number of dark body bands, and a smaller maximum svl. it is further differentiated from all other species as follows; n ... | 2020 | 32230404 |
| the discovery and description of a new species of bent-toed gecko of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (squamata: gekkonidae) from the langkawi archipelago, kedah, peninsular malaysia. | a new species of limestone karst-adapted gecko of the cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex, c. dayangbuntingensis sp. nov., is described from dayang bunting island of the langkawi archipelago off the northwest coast of peninsular malaysia. it is the third species of the group to be described from the archipelago after c. langkawiensis and c. macrotuberculatus. the new species can be distinguished from all other species of cyrtodactylus based on molecular evidence from the mitochondrial gene nd2 and ... | 2019 | 31716638 |