A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Sauria : Gekkonidae) from Pulau Tioman, Malaysia

A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described from Pulau Tioman, an island of f the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The new species can be differentia ted from congeners from south-east Asia in showing the following combinatio n of characters: medium-sized Cyrtodactylus (SVL to 83.2 mm); rostral parti ally divided by rostral groove, contacted posteriorly by two nostrils and t wo semi-circular supranasals; pectoral and abdominal scales smooth, rounded , semi-circular, imbricate; no preanal groove, a distinct preanal depressio n; sharp boundary between small scales on posterior surface of thighs and l arger ones on Ventral surface of thighs; tail without lateral denticles or tubercles forming whorls or segments; supralabials (to midorbit position) 8 -11; infralabials 9-11; midventral scale rows at belly to lowest row of tub ercles 36-40; lamellae under toe IV 20-22; preanofemoral pores 19; and dors al pattern comprises four pale yellow transverse bands, each narrower than the intervening pale brown areas, edges with dark brown, and a pale yellow nuchal loop joining posterior edges of eyes.