Two new cave-dwelling species of Bent-toed Geckos from Saraburi and Loei provinces, Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sumontha, Montri, Panitvong, Nonn, Kunya, Kirati, Donbundit, Nattasuda, Suthanthangjai, Winai, Suthanthangjai, Maneerat, Phanamphon, Eakarit, Pauwels, Olivier S. G. (2024): Two new cave-dwelling species of Bent-toed Geckos from Saraburi and Loei provinces, Thailand (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Zootaxa 5512 (2): 272-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.9

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We describe Cyrtodactylus meesookae sp. nov. from a cave on Khao Nam Phu (14°34’33.2”N, 101°08’42.6”E), a limestone hill in Saraburi Province, central Thailand, and C. wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. (previously confused with C. papilionoides) from a cave on Phu Pha Sana (17°10’33.8”N 101°57’52.5”E), a limestone hill in Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. These two micro-endemic, trogloxene species, separated by a distance of about 300 airline km, share a typical habitus for limestone-dwelling species and a relatively similar dorsal pattern, but they are readily distinguished by scalation characters.

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