Cyrtodactylus
Creators: name: Kraus, Fred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Gekkonidae
Cyrtodactylus

description: Key to Australo-Papuan Cyrtodactylus
1 Subcaudals transversely enlarged, in a single row......................................................................................2
- Subcaudals not transversely enlarged........................................................................................................11
2 Precloacal/femoral pores>35, dark dorsal bands on body 4–7...................................................................3
- Precloacal/femoral pores <36, dark dorsal bands on body 8–11...............................................................10
3 Dark dorsal bands irregular in width, often divided....................................................................................4
- Dark dorsal bands of even width across dorsum, with even margins..........................................................5
4 28–29 rows of dorsal tubercles, 28–31 4 th toe lamellae, 6–7 dark dorsal bands or paired blotches ............. ........................................................................................................................................... C. salomonensis
- 20–24 rows of dorsal tubercles, 24–25 4 th toe lamellae, 4 dark dorsal bands............................... C. murua
5 Precloacal/femoral pores 36–46, 6–7 dark dorsal bands ..................................................... C. tuberculatus
- Precloacal/femoral pores 58–85, 4–5 dark dorsal bands ............................................................................ 6
6 Precloacal and femoral pore series separated from one another.............................................. C. tripartitus
- Precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous series...................................................................................7
7 Lateral tubercles 2– 3 x size of adjacent granules and ≈ size of scales of lateral skin fold..........................8
- Lateral tubercles 4– 7 x size of adjacent granules and> size of scales of lateral skin fold..........................9
8 Dorsal tubercles flat, smooth; dorsal bands not well margined in black and tan; posterior supralabials brown .................................................................................................................................. C. louisiadensis
- Dorsal tubercles conical, keeled; dorsal bands margined in black and tan; posterior supralabials white .... ................................................................................................................................................. C. epiroticus
9 20–23 rows of dorsal tubercles, 66–76 precloacal/femoral pores, dorsal ground color without dark spots. ....................................................................................................................................................... C. klugei
- 24–30 rows of dorsal tubercles, 75–85 precloacal/femoral pores, dorsal ground color with scattered dark spots ........................................................................................................................................... C. robustus
10 Upper arm with tubercles, light dorsal crossbands fading posteriorly .......................................... C. aaroni
- Upper arm without tubercles, light dorsal crossbands sharply distinct posteriorly................. C. mimikanus
11 No enlarged femoral scales, males without precloacal/femoral pores............................. C. sermowaiensis
- One or more rows of enlarged femoral scales, males with precloacal/femoral pores...............................12
12 Enlarged preanal scales compressed into a narrow chevron-shaped pit....................................................13
- Enlarged preanal scales arrayed in broad and shallow chevron................................................................14
13 Enlarged preanal scales widely separated from single row of enlarged femoral scales, 12–19 precloacal pores, no femoral pores............................................................................................................ C. papuensis
- Enlarged preanal scales continuous with several rows of enlarged femoral scales, 6–9 precloacal pores, 3– 14 femoral pores .................................................................................................................. C. marmoratus
14 Throat with scattered enlarged tubercles...................................................................................................15
- Throat without scattered enlarged tubercles..............................................................................................16
15 Mid-belly scale rows 51–59, males with 24–43 precloacal/femoral pores........................ C. novaeguineae
- Mid-belly scales rows 36–41, males with 7–16 precloacal pores..................................... C. irianjayaensis
16 Precloacal and femoral pore series separated from one another................................................................17
- Precloacal and femoral pores in a continuous series.................................................................................18
17 Femoral pores in two rows; dorsum light tan with 4–5 wide, transverse dark brown bands ... C. biordinis
- Femoral pores in single row; dorsum brown with 7–8 narrow, oblique, dark brown bands C. capreoloides
18 Dorsum dark brown with white tubercles................................................................................... C. derongo
- Dorsum light gray with 4–5 subdivided dark bands or pairs of blotches..................................................19
19 Tubercles of lateral skin fold dentate, 10–11 rows of dorsal tubercles....................................... C. serratus
- Tubercles of lateral skin fold conical but not dentate, 20–22 rows of dorsal tubercles................. C. loriae
description: Published as part of Kraus, Fred, 2008, Taxonomic partitioning of Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 1883 on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184270