Discovered a new species with 54 large scales of the gecko family

Within the framework of the research cooperation program between the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Vietnam) with the Paris Museum of Natural History (France) and Cologne Zoo (Germany), scientists have just announced a species. New geckos for science, discovered in Laos.

The new species is named after a French researcher and collector of the standard sample, Mr. Alexandre Teynié, so this species has the scientific name Cyrtodactylus teyniei David, Nguyen, Schneider & Ziegler, 2011.

Main identification characteristics of the new species include : Length of muzzle sucking to the anus is about 90 mm, there are 19 rows of nodules running along the back, between two longitudinal skin folds with 38 rows of abdomen, on the longitudinal skin fold no The nodules, the lower part of the anus and the anus are 54 large scales (8 anal anterior scales and 23 scales on each side of the thigh), with 14 small holes in the anus, 19-20 thin under the second toe private, scales below the tail bulge wide horizontally, without horizontal stripes behind the nape, the back has many dark spots and creamy nodules. The detailed description of this new gecko species was published in Zootaxa magazine No. 2833, 2011.

The only standard of this species is collected in May 2010, at Nam Kading National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Borikhamxay province, Central Laos. This is also the seventh species of gecko recorded in Laos.