A range extension for the New Guinea gecko Cyrtodactylus arcancus Oliver, Sistrom and Richards 2012 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

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Oliver, PM
Switak, KH
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Recognised diversity of geckos in the genus Cyrtodactylus from Melanesia currently stands at over 30 species (Tallowin et al. 2018), of which more than half have been described in the last two decades (Rösler 2001; Rösler et al. 2007; Kraus 2008; Oliver et al. 2012, 2016; Nielsen & Oliver 2017). However, like many other tropical lizards (Meiri et al. 2018) several Melanesian species of Cyrtodactylus remain known from very few specimens and/or have imprecise collection locality data (e.g., Crytodactylus irianjayensis Rösler, 2001 and Cyrtodactylus minor Oliver & Richards, 2012). Cyrtodactylus arcanus Oliver, Sistrom and Richards, 2012 was hitherto known from only two female specimens held at the Australian Museum that were collected in 1987 from the vicinity of Bundi village (~5.47S, 145.27E: exact locality and altitude unknown) in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is morphologically distinct from all other Cyrtodactylus in New Guinea (Oliver et al. 2012). Since its description no additional specimens appear to have been collected or reported in the literature. Accordingly, this species was classified as Data Deficient by the IUCN (Tallowin and Oliver 2015).

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Herpetology Notes

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12

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Oliver, PM; Switak, KH, A range extension for the New Guinean gecko Cyrtodactylus arcancus Oliver, Sistrom, and Richards, 2012 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), Herpetology Notes, 2019, 12, pp. 1165-1166

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