A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand
An integrative systematic analysis recovered a new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group from the uplands of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. Cyrtodactylus thongphaphumensis sp. nov. is deeply embedded within the brevipalmatus group, bearing an unco...
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| author | L. Lee Grismer Attapol Rujirawan Siriwadee Chomdej Chatmongkon Suwannapoom Siriporn Yodthong Akrachai Aksornneam Anchalee Aowphol |
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| description | An integrative systematic analysis recovered a new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group from the uplands of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. Cyrtodactylus thongphaphumensis sp. nov. is deeply embedded within the brevipalmatus group, bearing an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 7.6–22.3% from all other species based on a 1,386 base pair segment of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene (ND2) and adjacent tRNAs. It is diagnosable from all other species in the brevipalmatus group by statistically significant mean differences in meristic and normalized morphometric characters as well as differences in categorical morphology. A multiple factor analysis recovered its unique and non-overlapping placement in morphospace as statistically significantly different from that of all other species in the brevipalmatus group. The description of this new species contributes to a growing body of literature underscoring the high degree of herpetological diversity and endemism across the sky-island archipelagos of upland montane tropical forest habitats in Thailand, which like all other upland tropical landscapes, are becoming some of the most imperiled ecosystems on the planet. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-746f2a5ea8f243d7b4b06a7257a655382023-01-21T09:11:04ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702023-01-0111419311810.3897/zookeys.1141.9762497624A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western ThailandL. Lee Grismer0Attapol Rujirawan1Siriwadee Chomdej2Chatmongkon Suwannapoom3Siriporn Yodthong4Akrachai Aksornneam5Anchalee Aowphol6La Sierra UniversityKasetsart UniversityChiang Mai UniversityUniversity of PhayaoThaksin UniversityKasetsart UniversityKasetsart UniversityAn integrative systematic analysis recovered a new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group from the uplands of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. Cyrtodactylus thongphaphumensis sp. nov. is deeply embedded within the brevipalmatus group, bearing an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 7.6–22.3% from all other species based on a 1,386 base pair segment of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene (ND2) and adjacent tRNAs. It is diagnosable from all other species in the brevipalmatus group by statistically significant mean differences in meristic and normalized morphometric characters as well as differences in categorical morphology. A multiple factor analysis recovered its unique and non-overlapping placement in morphospace as statistically significantly different from that of all other species in the brevipalmatus group. The description of this new species contributes to a growing body of literature underscoring the high degree of herpetological diversity and endemism across the sky-island archipelagos of upland montane tropical forest habitats in Thailand, which like all other upland tropical landscapes, are becoming some of the most imperiled ecosystems on the planet.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/97624/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | L. Lee Grismer Attapol Rujirawan Siriwadee Chomdej Chatmongkon Suwannapoom Siriporn Yodthong Akrachai Aksornneam Anchalee Aowphol A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand ZooKeys |
| title | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand |
| title_full | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand |
| title_fullStr | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand |
| title_short | A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand |
| title_sort | a new species of the cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group squamata gekkonidae from the uplands of western thailand |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/97624/download/pdf/ |
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