Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827
Creators: name: Schneider, Nicole
name: Luu, Vinh Quang
name: Sitthivong, Saly
name: Teynié, Alexandre
name: Le, Minh Duc
name: Nguyen, Truong Quang
name: Ziegler, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Gekkonidae
Cyrtodactylus

description: Key to Laotian species of Cyrtodactylus (referring to Table 2)
1 Precloacal-femoral pores in males in separated series.......................................... C. muangfuangensis
- Precloacal-femoral pores in males in contiguous series or precloacal-femoral pores absent in males.................... 2
2 Enlarged subcaudals present............................................................................. 3
- Enlarged subcaudals absent............................................................................ 15
3 Precloacal-femoral pores present in males.................................................................. 4
- Precloacal-femoral pores absent or unknown in males....................................................... 19
4 Dorsum blotched..................................................................................... 5
- Dorsum banded....................................................................................... 6
5 Precloacal pores absent in females, Supralabials 11–16................................................ C. jarujini
- Precloacal pores in females 0–14, Supralabials 9–11................................................ C. multiporus
6 Ventrals 27–29................................................................................ C. rufford
- Ventrals 31 or more................................................................................... 7
7 Precloacal-femoral pores in males 20–29................................................................... 8
- Precloacal-femoral pores in males 34 or more............................................................... 9
8 Precloacal pores (pitted scales) in females present................................................ C. sommerladi
- Precloacal pores in females absent............................................................. C. soudthichaki
9 Precloacal-femoral pores in males 34, Midbody scales 86–87....................................... C. bansocensis
- Precloacal-femoral pores in males 35 or more.............................................................. 10
10 Precloacal-femoral pores in females 0–34................................................................. 11
- Precloacal-femoral pores in females 38............................................................ C. calamei
11 Midbody scales 155–172.............................................................................. 12
- Midbody scales 179 or more........................................................................... 13 12 Ventrals 31–32, Precloacal-femoral pores in males 44, in females 21...................................... C. jaegeri
- Ventrals 32–38, Precloacal-femoral pores in males 40– 44, in females 0–17........................ C. khammouanensis
13 SVL ≤ 71.2mm, Dorsal tubercle rows 19–24..................................................... C. lomyenensis
- SVL> 72mm, Dorsal tubercle rows 14–20................................................................ 14
14 Dorsal tubercle rows 16–20, Precloacal-femoral pores in females 24–34.................................. C. darevskii
- Dorsal tubercle rows 14–19, Precloacal-femoral pores in females 0–28.............................. C. hinnamnoensis
15 Precloacal pores in females present...................................................................... 16
- Precloacal pores in females absent....................................................................... 17
16 Dorsum banded............................................................................. C. wayakonei
- Dorsum blotched.................................................................. C. pseudoquadrivirgatus
17 Dorsum banded............................................................................. C. vilaphongi
- Dorsum blotched.................................................................................... 18
18 Ventrals 30.................................................................................. C. buchardi
- Ventrals 40–50................................................................................ C. cryptus
19 Dorsum blotched.................................................................................... 20
- Dorsum banded...................................................................................... 21
20 Precloacal pores present in females................................................................ C. teyniei
- Precloacal pores absent in females................................................................ C. spelaeus
21 Femoral pores present in males......................................................................... 22
- Femoral pores absent in males.......................................................................... 24
22 Precloacal pores in males 7–10......................................................................... 23
- Precloacal pores in males 14................................................................. C. interdigitalis
23 Precloacal pores in females 7............................................................ C. ngoiensis sp. nov.
- Precloacal pores in females 10-12............................................................ C. thathomensis
24 Precloacal pores in males 4, in females 4–6........................................................... C. pageli
- Precloacal pores in males 6......................................................... C. houaphanensis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Schneider, Nicole, Luu, Vinh Quang, Sitthivong, Saly, Teynié, Alexandre, Le, Minh Duc, Nguyen, Truong Quang & Ziegler, Thomas, 2020, Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos including new finding and expanded diagnosis of C. bansocensis, pp. 503-530 in Zootaxa 4822 (4) on pages 521-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4452362