New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean
A new species of Ptychozoon is described from the central portion of the Nicobar Archipelago, Bay of Bengal, India. It has been formerly referred to P. kuhli, a species widely distributed in Sundaland. Ptychozoon nicobarensis sp. nov. reaches an SVL of 100.3 mm, and is diagnosable from congeneric...
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| description | A new species of Ptychozoon is described from the central portion of the Nicobar Archipelago, Bay of Bengal, India. It
has been formerly referred to P. kuhli, a species widely distributed in Sundaland. Ptychozoon nicobarensis sp. nov.
reaches an SVL of 100.3 mm, and is diagnosable from congeneric species in showing the following combination of
characters: dorsum with a tan vertebral stripe, lacking dark transverse bars; supranasals in contact; cutaneous expansionson sides of head; absence of predigital notch in preantebrachial cutaneous expansion; imbricate parachute support scales; four irregular rows of low, rounded enlarged scales on dorsum; 20–29 scales across widest portion of tail terminus; three
indistinct chevrons on dorsum; 7–11 pairs of preanal pores; femoral pores absent; tail with an expanded terminal flap and
weak lobe fusion at proximal border of tail terminus. |
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| spelling | unimas-33872021-07-02T07:36:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3387/ New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean Das, I. Vijayakumar, S.P Q Science (General) QL Zoology A new species of Ptychozoon is described from the central portion of the Nicobar Archipelago, Bay of Bengal, India. It has been formerly referred to P. kuhli, a species widely distributed in Sundaland. Ptychozoon nicobarensis sp. nov. reaches an SVL of 100.3 mm, and is diagnosable from congeneric species in showing the following combination of characters: dorsum with a tan vertebral stripe, lacking dark transverse bars; supranasals in contact; cutaneous expansionson sides of head; absence of predigital notch in preantebrachial cutaneous expansion; imbricate parachute support scales; four irregular rows of low, rounded enlarged scales on dorsum; 20–29 scales across widest portion of tail terminus; three indistinct chevrons on dorsum; 7–11 pairs of preanal pores; femoral pores absent; tail with an expanded terminal flap and weak lobe fusion at proximal border of tail terminus. Zootaxa 2009 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3387/1/Vijayakumar%2C%20S.P.pdf Das, I. and Vijayakumar, S.P (2009) New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 2095. pp. 8-20. ISSN 1175-5334 (online) |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QL Zoology Das, I. Vijayakumar, S.P New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title | New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title_full | New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title_fullStr | New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title_full_unstemmed | New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title_short | New species of Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| title_sort | new species of ptychozoon (sauria: gekkonidae) from the nicobar archipelago, indian ocean |
| topic | Q Science (General) QL Zoology |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3387/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3387/1/Vijayakumar%2C%20S.P.pdf |