title: Cyrtodactylus sanook (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.
abstract: We describe a new cave-dwelling species, Cyrtodactylus sanook sp. nov., from Tham Sanook, Chumphon Province, southern Thailand, characterized by a maximum SVL of 79.5 mm; 18-20 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody; a continuous series of enlarged femoral and precloacal scales, no femoral pores, three or four precloacal pores in males (no pores in females), no precloacal groove nor depression; 19-20 subdigital lamellae on 4th toe; transversally enlarged subcaudal plates; and 6-7 irregular pale narrow dorsal bands between limb insertions. It seems endemic to this cave and is the 7th Thai Cyrtodactylus species that is known only from a cave environment.
authors.affiliation: Département des Vertébrés Récents, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. osgpauwels@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Olivier S G
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Pauwels
authors.forename: Montri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumontha
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latinne
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Grismer
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013785:Thailand