Table 7.
Diagnostic characters of Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus and related species within C. pulchellus complex. W = weak; P = prominent; / = data unavailable. Some information was collected from the following literature (Grismer et al. 2012, 2014, 2016; Quah et al. 2019; Wood et al. 2020).
| australotitiwangsaensis | bintangtinggi | bintangrendah | evanquahi | lenggongensis | pulchellus | sharkari | trilatofasciatus | macrotuberculatus (this study) | astrum | dayangbuntingensis | hidupselamanya | langkawiensis | lekaguli | jelawangensis | timur | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supralabials | 9–12 | 9–13 | 8–12 | 9 or 10 | 10 or 11 | 9–11 | 11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 12–14 | 9–12 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 10–12 |
| Infralabials | 9–13 | 8–11 | 8 or 10 | 9 or 10 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10 | 8–11 | 7–11 | 9–12 | 10–11 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 8–10 |
| Tuberculation | P | P | P | P | W | P | W | P | P | W | W | W | W | W | P | W |
| Tubercles on ventral surface of forelimbs | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Tubercles in gular region | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ventrolateral fold tuberculate | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Paravertebral tubercles | 37–45 | 31–42 | 36–44 | 31–34 | 36–41 | 33–43 | 31 | 34–38 | 34–49 | 40–57 | 35–36 | 39–48 | 34–44 | 30–50 | 36–42 | 38–43 |
| Longitudinal rows of tubercles | 22–30 | 21–26 | 22–25 | 18–23 | 22–25 | 22–26 | 24 | 23–27 | 19–27 | 20–29 | 20–22 | 19–24 | 21–25 | 20–24 | 23–25 | 21–24 |
| Ventral scales | 32–40 | 36–40 | 31–39 | 29–33 | 32 or 33 | 29–34 | 41 | 33–36 | 17–28 | 31–46 | 36–39 | 26–33 | 38–43 | 31–43 | 31–36 | 31–40 |
| 4th toe lamellae | 21–25 | 21–24 | 21–24 | 22–23 | 20–23 | 21–26 | 24 | 22–27 | 19–23 | 20–24 | 21–23 | 19–24 | 19–21 | 20–25 | 21–24 | 21–25 |
| Femoroprecloacal pores | 39–45 | 37–41 | 41–46 | 32–36 | 39–41 | 33–39 | 46 | 41–46 | 28–42 | 31–38 | 26–29 | 17–22 | 30 | 30–36 | 36 | 21 or 22 |
| Precloacal groove in males | Deep | Deep | Deep | Shallow | Deep | Deep | Shallow | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep | Deep |
| No. of body bands | 3(1) or 4 | 3(1) or 4 | 4 | 6 or 7 | 4 or 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3–4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 or 5 | 4 or 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Body band/interspace ratio | 1.00–2.00 | 1.00–1.25 | 1.00–1.25 | 0.82–1.10 | 0.50–1.25 | 0.75–1.25 | 1.75 | 2.00–2.75 | 0.95–1.74 | 1.00–2.00 | 0.75 | 1.00–1.25 | 0.75–1.00 | 1.00–2.00 | 1.00–1.50 | 1.00–1.25 |
| Dorsum bearing scattered pattern of white tubercles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Hatchlings/juveniles with white tail tip | No | No | No | Yes | / | No | / | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Adult posterior caudal region white | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Dark caudal bands on original tail | 7–8 | 8–10 | 8 or 9 | 9–11 | 14 | 8–10 | 7 | 6–7 | 7–10 | 13 or 14 | >7 | 8–10 | 11–16 | 12–14 | 10 | 8–10 |
| White caudal bands in adults immaculate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Maximum SVL | 120.10 | 111.1 | 114.40 | 96.00 | 103.1 | 114.1 | 100.1 | 122.2 | 117.9 | 108.3 | 99.00 | 102.7 | 99.8 | 103.5 | 119.8 | 120.5 |
| Sample size | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 |