Geographically structured genetic and morphological variation in a new species of <i>Cyrtodactylus</i> (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in western Cambodia.

ABSTRACT: A new species of karst-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus) is described from an unexplored karstic archipelago in western Cambodia. Cyrtodactyluskampingpoiensis sp. nov. is composed of four allopatric, monophyletic mitochondrial lineages based on the ND2 gene. All are statistically diagnosable from one another based on univariate (ANOVA) and multivariate (PCA, DAPC, and MFA) analyses using a suite of size-corrected morphometric, meristic, and categorical color pattern and morphological characters. Uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence among them is low (1.4-2.2%), indicating a recent divergence from one another. Given their allopatry, diagnosability, monophyly (i.e., no individuals from one population are embedded within another), we contend they are on s

SUBMITTER: Quah ESH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12159666 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature