title: A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam.
abstract: We describe the third new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam based on a type series consisting of eleven specimens. Cyrtodactylus thuongae sp. nov. is distinguished from the remaining Indochinese Bent-toed Geckos by a combination of the following morphological characters: size medium, with a maximum SVL of 77.6 mm; dorsal pattern consisting of blotches between limbs and on occiput and a sometimes medially opened nuchal loop; dorsal tubercles in 16-18 irregular rows; ventrals in 29-44 longitudinal rows at midbody; lateral skin folds present, lacking tubercles; femoral pore series separated from precloacal pore series in males, 0-3 on each side; precloacal pores in males absent or only one; enlarged femoral scales and precloacal scales present, separated by a series of 15-16 smaller scales; postcloacal spurs two or three; subcaudal scales slightly enlarged. This is the 32nddescribed Cyrtodactylus species from Vietnam.
authors.affiliation: Dong Khoi 9A, Tam Hiep, Bien Hoa, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Trung My
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Phung
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mona Van
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Schingen
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Cologne Zoo, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735, Cologne, Germany; Email: ziegler@koelnerzoo.de.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Truong Quang
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D014744:Vietnam