Integrative taxonomic approaches revealed a new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam Author Nguyen, Thuong Huyen 0000-0002-4303-525X Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Hanoi, Vietnam. huyenthuong16273@gmail.com Author Ha, Hong Bich 0000-0003-4777-5463 College of Forestry Biotechnology, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Hanoi, Vietnam. honghb@vnuf.edu.vn Author Murdoch, Matthew L. 0000-0001-5914-6408 Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA hewmurdoch@gmail.com Author Grismer, Jesse L. 0000-0002-2542-5430 Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515 USA. jgrismer@lasierra.edu Author Grismer, L. Lee 0000-0001-8422-3698 Department of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum, PO Box 121390, San Diego, California, 92112, USA grismer@lasierra.edu Author Luu, Vinh Quang 0000-0002-0634-1338 Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam National University of Forestry vinhlq@vnuf.edu.vn text Zootaxa 2025 2025-08-12 5679 1 45 73 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.2 journal article 312079 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.2 ddc3c02d-4dda-441a-9a00-99fe4c1668cd 1175-5326 16983565 931A8406-D153-4BD1-8E0D-CAEBE096BA61

TABLE 5. Meristic and morphometric (in mm) data for the type series of Cyrtodactylus ayunpaensis sp. nov. Paired meristic characters are given right/left. Abbreviations are in the materials and methods. * = regenerated tail.

Character	VNUF R.2022.106 (Holotype)	VNUF R.2022.107 (Paratype)	VNUF R.2022.108 (Paratype)	VNUF R.2022.109 (Paratype)	VNUF R.2022.110 (Paratype)	VNUF R.2022.111 (Paratype)
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Sex	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
SVL	91.5	81.3	90.0	91.4	90.8	85.2
TaL	80.3*	91.2*	104.3	72.1*	77.8*	73.4*
TW	8.1	7.9	7.4	8.0	8.7	8.6
AG	33.7	30.3	35.5	31.3	35.3	33.7
HL	27.5	25.6	25.7	25.9	24.3	24.6
HW	17.5	16.9	16.9	18.3	17.7	15.9
HD	9.0	8.35	8.3	8.5	9.0	8.3
OD	5.2	5.9	4.4	5.8	5.7	5.2
SE	11.3	10.9	10.8	10.4	10.8	9.7
EyeEar	7.0	6.95	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.7
EarL	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.9
EN	8.1	8.2	8.1	8.3	7.8	7.7
IOD	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.9	2.8
Sex	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
IND	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.4
RW	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.9
RH	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.9
MW	4.1	3.5	3.8	4.6	3.9	4.2
ML	3.3	2.6	2.4	3.2	3.2	2.7
BW	17.1	15.5	17.8	17.7	18.5	15.9
ForeaL	12.6	12.0	13.8	13.6	13.8	12.3
CrusL	15.8	15.8	16.5	15.5	14.9	14.4
FemurL	17.5	17.2	17.6	17.0	16.2	16.5
LD4A	7.0	6.6	6.4	7.0	6.6	6.9
LD4P	7.6	7.2	8.1	8.0	8.1	7.1
SL	11/12	13/13	12/12	12/11	11/13	11/12
IL	9/10	10/10	10/10	9/9	9/9	10/9
N	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4
IN	1	1	1	1	1	1
PM	2	2	2	2	2	2
DTR	4	5	4	6	5	6
GST	8–9–10	8–9–10	8–9–10	8–9	8–9–10	8–9–10
V	68	60	55	52	57	55
SR	153	139	149	156	135	145
EFS	11/10	7/9	7/9	9/10	10/9	7/7
FP	0	0	0	0	0	0
EPS	25	22	0	25	0	27
PP	0	0	0	0	0	0
PAT	2/2	3/3	2/2	0/2	0/2	3/3
LD1	11/11	11/12	13/13	12/11	4**/11	12/11
LT1	14/14	11/11	13/13	12/12	11/11	11/11
LD4	19/17	16/16	17/18	16/17	15/17	17/17
LT4	19/19	18/18	19/19	19/19	19/19	17/17
GP	5	5	5	5	5	5
IO	16	15	15	14	14	16
PO	29	29	27	27	27	28
PVT	7	9	12	10	11	11