title: A new species of insular Rock Gecko (Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from the Bidong Archipelago, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: A new insular species Cnemaspis bidongensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), is described from Pulau Bidong, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia and bears a unique suite of morphological and color pattern characters that differentiate it from all other congeners. Cnemaspis bidongensis sp. nov. is the sister species to C. kendallii (Gray) and represents the fifth insular endemic species of Cnemaspis on archipelagos along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This species survived massive deforestation of the small island of Bidong (260 ha) from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s when the island served as a Vietnamese refugee camp and harbored as many as 40,000 people at one time. We hypothesize that this species' generalized lifestyle contributed to its survival, allowing it to seek refuge in rocky microhabitats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA.; Email: lgrismer@lasierra.edu.
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Grismer
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602 USA.; Email: pwood@byu.edu.
authors.forename: Perry L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kualau Terengganu, Malaysia; Email: amirrundin@umt.edi.my.
authors.forename: Amirrudin B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alexandra S-I
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sumarli
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jessika J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Lukman H B
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nance
authors.affiliation: Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kualau Terengganu, Malaysia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Muhammad Afif B
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mohd-Amin
authors.affiliation: Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kualau Terengganu, Malaysia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mohamad N A B
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Othman
authors.affiliation: Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kualau Terengganu, Malaysia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rizaijessika
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuss
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murdoch
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cobos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity