Cyrtodactylus intermedius, Ngo and Grismer, 2006

Murdoch, Matthew L., Grismer, L. Lee, Wood Jr, Perry L., Neang, Thy, Poyarkov, Nikolay A., Tri, Ngo Van, Nazarov, Roman A., Aowphol, Anchalee, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Nguyen, Hung Ngoc & Grismer, Jesse L., 2019, Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4554 (1), pp. 1-62 : 57

Key to the species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex

The following key can be used as a guide to the identification of the species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex. However, it should be used in conjunction with the descriptions, diagnoses, and distribution section in the text as some of the characters are sexually dimorphic.

1 Presence of interdigital pocketing............................................................ thylacodactylus - Absence of interdigital pocketing........................................................................ 2 2 Posterior border of the nuchal loop pointed......................................................... bokorensis - Posterior border of the nuchal loop rounded................................................................ 3 3 Enlarged femoral scales not contiguous with precloacal scales.......................................... laangensis - Enlarged femoral scales contiguous with precloacal scales..................................................... 4 4 Dark pigmented blotches on top of head............................................................ auralensis - Dark pigmented blotches absent from top of head........................................................... 5 5 Proximal femoral scales same size as the distal femorals........................................... cardamomensis - Proximal femoral scales less than one-half the size of the distal femorals......................................... 6 6 Found West of the Cardamom Mountains.......................................................... intermedius - Found East of the Cardamom Mountains................................................................... 7 7 Found on the mainland of South East Asia........................................................ septimontium - Found on Phu Quoc Island.................................................................... phuquocensis