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Chulalongkorn University Museum of Zoology (
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Thani Province, Thachana District, Tham Khao Sonk (= Cave of Sonk Mountain), 
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, collected by Montri Sumontha, 
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— 
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R 2003.121, adult male; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84D294AFEE8FCEF4C92FCAB" bold="true" box="[264,398,783,807]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Adult female holotype of 
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(CUMZ R 2003.120) from Tham Khao Sonk, Thachana District, Surat Thani Province, Thailand. Scale bar equals 10 mm. Photo by Aaron M. Bauer.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84D294AFEE8FA334C95FA67" bold="true" box="[264,393,1491,1515]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Specimen of 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84D294AFDFCFA334E32FA66" box="[540,814,1491,1514]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti</emphasis>
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in life, showing the long tail, elongate, slender limbs and digits, and characteristic dorsal banding pattern of the species. Photo by Montri Sumontha.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84D294AFED8F9434CD8F931" bold="true" box="[312,452,1699,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Etymology.</emphasis>
— It is a pleasure to name this remarkable new species in honor of our great friend and colleague Prof. Dr Kumthorn Thirakhupt (Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok) in recognition of his contribution to 
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zoology, and for his dedication to the training of the future generation of 
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herpetologists and ecologists. The epithet is formed in the masculine genitive.
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We suggest the following common names: Tuk kai Thirakhupt (
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), Thirakhupt’s bent toed 
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, Cyrtodactyle de Thirakhupt (French), Thirakhupts Bogenfingergecko (
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), Kromvingergekko van Thirakhupt (Dutch).
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— A moderately sized 
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, snout­vent length to at least 
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; body slender, limbs and digits long, slender, original tail very long; one pair of enlarged postmental scales in broad contact with one another; dorsal scalation with 14 rows of keeled tubercles; approximately 37 ventral scales across belly between weakly­developed ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove, no precloacal or femoral pores in either sex; eight broad basal lamellae and 12 narrow distal lamellae beneath 4th toe of pes; median subcaudal scales enlarged to form broad transverse plates; dorsal pattern of yellowish bands with very dark brown borders on a lighter brown background.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84C294BFEE8F9DF4C96F9DB" bold="true" box="[264,394,1599,1623]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Ventral view
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<th id="9A52A209A84CD6B7FDC0F9DF490CF9DB" box="[544,1040,1599,1623]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">of groin and thighs of living male specimen of</th>
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<th id="9A52A209A84CD6B7FEE8F9824F05F9F5" box="[264,537,1634,1657]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">illustrating the enlarged</th>
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(based on 
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, CUMZ R 2003.120). — Adult female. SVL 
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; TailL (tail original) 
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. Head relatively long (HeadL/SVL ratio 0.30), wide (HeadW/HeadL ratio 0.65), not markedly depressed (HeadH/HeadL ratio 0.44), distinct from slender neck. Lores and interorbital region weakly inflated, canthus rostralis not especially prominent. Snout elongate (SnEye/HeadL ratio 0.40), pointed; longer than eye diameter (OrbD/SnEye ratio 0.63); scales on snout and forehead small, rounded, granular, homogeneous; scales on snout larger than those on occipital region. Eye large (OrbD/ HeadL ratio 0.25); pupil vertical with crenelated margins; supraciliaries short, bearing small conical spines posteriorly. Ear opening vertically elliptical, relatively large (EarL/ HeadL ratio 0.07); eye to ear distance subequal to diameter of eyes (EyeEar/OrbD ratio 1.07). Rostral much wider (
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) than deep (
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), incompletely divided dorsally. Two enlarged supranasals separated by a single internasal. Rostral in contact with supralabials I, nostrils, supranasals and internasal. Nostrils rounded, each surrounded by supranasal, rostral, first supralabial and four postnasals. At least three rows of small scales separate orbit from supralabials. Mental triangular, wider (
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) than deep (
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). A single pair of enlarged postmentals, each postmental bordered anteromedially by mental, anterolaterally by first infralabial, posterolaterally by an enlarged lateral chinshield, and posteriorly by 3 granules. Supralabials to midorbital position 9/9; enlarged supralabials to angle of jaws 14/13. Infralabials 10/9. Interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone 22.
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<paragraph id="670CC937A84B294CFED8FC7C493CFB42" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Body slender, elongate (TrunkL/SVL ratio 0.45) with extremely weakly developed, non­denticulate ventrolateral folds. Dorsal scales nearly homogeneous, conical; regularly distributed tubercles (4­5 times size of adjacent scales) extending from supra­auricular region on to back; each tubercle bearing a keel extending 2/3 to 3/4 along the tubercle; tubercles in approximately 14 rows at midbody, absent from lower parts of flanks. Ventral scales larger than dorsals, smooth, hexagonal and subimbricate, larger midventrally and much larger in precloacal region. Midbody scale rows across belly to base of ventrolateral folds 37. Gular region with relatively homogeneous, smooth scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="670CC937A84B294CFED8FB3C4F2DFA1A" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Precloacal region with four sequential transverse rows of enlarged scales, each 3 to 5 times size of adjacent ventral scales. No precloacal pores. No precloacal groove. A continuous row of enlarged femoral scales, each about 3 times size of adjacent anterior femoral scales, extending along length of femur and continuous with the enlarged precloacal scales. No femoral pores.</paragraph>
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Scales on palm and sole smooth, rounded. Scalation on dorsal surfaces of limbs similar to body dorsum with enlarged, conical tubercles interspersed among smaller scales. Fore and hindlimbs moderately long, slender (ForeaL/SVL ratio 0.16; CrusL/SVL ratio 0.21). Digits long, slender, strongly inflected at interphalangeal joints, all bearing robust, slightly recurved claws. Basal subdigital lamellae broad, rectangular, without scansorial surfaces (5­5­5­6­5 manus; 5­5­7­8­7 pes); narrow lamellae distal to digital inflection and not including ventral claw sheath: 
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­10 (manus), 
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(pes); interdigital webbing absent. Relative length of digits: IV&gt;III&gt;II&gt;V&gt;I (manus); IV&gt;III&gt;V&gt;II&gt;I (pes). Original tail, long, gently tapering to pointed tip; longer than SVL (TailL/SVL ratio 1.34). Tail with enlarged median subcaudal plates.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84A294DFED8FEFB4CA5FEB9" bold="true" box="[312,441,283,309]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Osteology.</emphasis>
— Parietal bones paired; stapes imperforate. Phalangeal formula 2–3–4– 5–3 for manus and 2–3–4–5–4 for pes. Presacral vertebrae 26, including 3 anterior cervical (without ribs), 1 lumbar, and 2 sacral vertebrae; 5 pygal and 38 post pygal caudal vertebrae in original tail of 
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(12.5 post pygal vertebrae to point of regeneration in IRSNB 2590; tail broken in first post pygal vertebra of CUMZ R 2003.121). Male 
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with one pair of crescentic cloacal bones present, flared posterolaterally, at level of second to third pygal vertebrae (cloacal bones lacking in female 
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). Endolymphatic sacs not enlarged extracranially.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84A294DFED8FDBB4CA3FDF9" bold="true" box="[312,447,603,629]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Coloration</emphasis>
(in preservative). — Dorsal ground color brown, with transverse greyish bands, each outlined by a dark brown border. First band across nape, forming a collar joining the posterior upper border of the orbits. A second band on neck, four on the trunk, and one across the pygal region of the tail. Bands are somewhat asymmetrical and broken in places. Several smaller ocelli or partial bands located anterior and posterior to middle two body bands, each greyish outlined by dark brown. Dorsum of head brown, with irregular greyish markings. A greyish stripe, bordered above with dark brown, extends from lower posterior corner of orbit, passing above tympanum, to the band on neck. Supra­ and infralabials brown, with diffuse greyish punctuations. Dorsal surfaces of limbs brown with irregular greyish markings outlined by dark brown borders. Tail color (dorsally and ventrally) consisting of alternating dark brown and light brown annuli, the former approximately twice the length of the latter. Dorsal coloration gradually fades on lower flanks, becoming whitish on belly, throat and undersides of limbs. Palms greyish. Coloration in life much brighter and more strongly contrasting. Dorsal ground color darker than in preservative. Dorsal transverse markings pale yellow, outlined by a very dark brown border. Dorsum of head darker than in preservative, bearing irregular yellow markings. Supraciliaries bright yellow. Labial scales white with darker speckling or suffusions in places. Iris dark with diffuse bronze markings; margins of pupil bordered by brown. Lower postorbital stripe whitish anterior to tympanum, becoming yellow before joining the yellow band on neck. Supra­ and infralabials much lighter than in preservative. Color on dorsal surfaces of limbs as on body. Dorsum of digits purplish to white, palms dark grey. Tail with alternating dark brown and pale yellow (base only) or bright white (majority of tail) annuli.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A84A294DFED8FA2C4CADFA6A" bold="true" box="[312,433,1484,1510]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Variation.</emphasis>
— Comparative mensural data for the 
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and both 
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are given in 
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. Meristic characters of both 
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mostly correspond to those of the 
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, and are mentioned hereafter if they differ. The adult male CUMZ 2003.121 is in poor state of preservation; enlarged supralabials to angle of jaws 14/14; infralabials 11/11; interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone 19; midbody scale rows across belly to base of ventrolateral folds 38. The adult male IRSNB 2590, whose left hemipenis is partly everted, has most of its tail missing, and its postmentals are each bordered posteriorly by two granules; enlarged supralabials to angle of jaws 14/15; infralabials 11/11; interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone 23; midbody scale rows across belly to base of ventrolateral folds 40. For both 
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, basal subdigital lamellae on manus 5 or 6, on pes 5 to 8, differing by at most one unit from the 
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for each finger; numbers of distal subdigital lamellae per finger also differing by at most one unit from the 
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. As in the female 
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, femoral and precloacal pores are absent. Color of 
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in agreement with the description for the 
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.
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<emphasis id="55C71525A849294EFEE8FDEB4C67FDAF" bold="true" box="[264,379,523,547]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Mensural data for the type series of 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A849294EFD1FFDEC490EFDAF" box="[767,1042,524,547]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti</emphasis>
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Abbreviations as in Materials and methods. All measurements in mm.
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<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFCE5491AFC90" box="[557,1030,773,796]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">73.90 72.00</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFCE549EDFC90" box="[1115,1265,773,796]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">79.60</td>
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<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FCD34C77FCC6" box="[277,363,819,842]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">ForeaL</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFCD3491AFCC6" box="[557,1030,819,842]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">12.10 11.90</td>
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<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFC80491AFCFB" box="[557,1030,864,887]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">15.35 14.20</td>
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<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFC6D491AFC28" box="[557,1030,909,932]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">99.05 49.10, regenerated</td>
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<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FC5B4C77FC5E" box="[277,363,955,978]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">TailW</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFC5B491AFC5E" box="[557,1030,955,978]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5.35 6.15</td>
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<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFC09491AFB8C" box="[557,1030,1001,1024]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">33.20 32.40</td>
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<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFBF6491AFBA1" box="[557,1030,1046,1069]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">21.90 21.05</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFBF649EDFBA1" box="[1115,1265,1046,1069]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">23.10</td>
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<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FBA44C77FBD7" box="[277,363,1092,1115]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">HeadW</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFBA4491AFBD7" box="[557,1030,1092,1115]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">14.20 13.40</td>
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<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FB7E4C77FB39" box="[277,363,1182,1205]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">OrbD</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFB7E491AFB39" box="[557,1030,1182,1205]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5.50 6.10</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFB7E49EDFB39" box="[1115,1265,1182,1205]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">6.15</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FB2C49EDFB6F" box="[277,1265,1228,1251]" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FB2C4C77FB6F" box="[277,363,1228,1251]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">EyeEar</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFB2C491AFB6F" box="[557,1030,1228,1251]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5.90 5.65</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFB2C49EDFB6F" box="[1115,1265,1228,1251]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">6.40</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FB1A49EDFA9D" box="[277,1265,1274,1297]" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FB1A4C77FA9D" box="[277,363,1274,1297]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">SnEye</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFB1A491AFA9D" box="[557,1030,1274,1297]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">8.80 8.50</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFB1A49EDFA9D" box="[1115,1265,1274,1297]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">8.95</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FAC749EDFAB2" box="[277,1265,1319,1342]" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FAC74C77FAB2" box="[277,363,1319,1342]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NarEye</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFAC7491AFAB2" box="[557,1030,1319,1342]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">6.80 6.70</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFAC749EDFAB2" box="[1115,1265,1319,1342]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">7.00</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FAB449EDFAE7" box="[277,1265,1364,1387]" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FAB44C77FAE7" box="[277,363,1364,1387]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Interorb</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFAB4491AFAE7" box="[557,1030,1364,1387]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5.85 5.10</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFAB449EDFAE7" box="[1115,1265,1364,1387]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">5.30</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FA6249EDFA15" box="[277,1265,1410,1433]" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FA624C77FA15" box="[277,363,1410,1433]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">EarL</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFA62491AFA15" box="[557,1030,1410,1433]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">1.50 1.40</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFA6249EDFA15" box="[1115,1265,1410,1433]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">1.30</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D983CB75A849D6B7FEF5FA5049EDFA4B" box="[277,1265,1456,1479]" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<th id="9A52A209A849D6B7FEF5FA504C77FA4B" box="[277,363,1456,1479]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Internar</th>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FDCDFA50491AFA4B" box="[557,1030,1456,1479]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">2.00 1.90</td>
<td id="9A52A209A849D6B7FBBBFA5049EDFA4B" box="[1115,1265,1456,1479]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">2.30</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="2FA99ABCA849294FFED8F9C94F05FB2A" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="670CC937A849294EFED8F9C94F9BF8B8" blockId="6.[264,1323,1577,1844]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="55C71525A849294EFED8F9C94CABF9CF" bold="true" box="[312,439,1577,1603]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
— 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A849294EFE09F9CA4E06F9CF" box="[489,794,1578,1603]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from all congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: body slender, limbs, digits and tail long, dorsal scalation with 14 rows of small keeled tubercles, 37­40 ventral scales across belly between weakly developed ventrolateral folds, no precloacal groove, precloacal pores and femoral pores absent in both sexes, femoral scales enlarged, median subcaudal scales enlarged to form broad transverse plates, and dorsal color pattern consisting of a series of dark­edged light bands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="670CC937A848294FFED8FEFC4F05FB2A" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1830]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
The absence of both precloacal and femoral pores distinguishes 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFBC3FEFC49DBFEB9" box="[1059,1223,284,309]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thirakhupti">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFBC3FEFC49DBFEB9" box="[1059,1223,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. thirakhupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from all species except most members of the subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFCC8FEA44E83FED1" box="[808,927,324,349]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Geckoella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCC8FEA44E83FED1" box="[808,927,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Geckoella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC4EFEA44818FED2" authority="Boulenger" authorityName="Boulenger" box="[942,1284,324,350]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albofasciatus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC4EFEA44970FED1" box="[942,1132,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. albofasciatus</emphasis>
(Boulenger)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFAF0FEA44F32FE0A" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="collegalensis">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFAF0FEA44CBDFE09" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. collegalensis</emphasis>
(Beddome)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFDDAFE8C4E7AFE0A" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" box="[570,870,364,390]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deccanensis">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFDDAFE8C4F51FE09" box="[570,589,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFDBBFE8C4FF5FE09" box="[603,745,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">deccanensis</emphasis>
(Günther)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC91FE8C49B8FE0A" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" box="[881,1188,364,390]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jeyporensis">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC91FE8C4904FE09" box="[881,1048,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. jeyporensis</emphasis>
(Beddome)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFB4FFE8C4CA7FE22" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nebulosus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFB4FFE8C4C31FE21" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. nebulosus</emphasis>
(Beddome)
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFE18FE744E2AFE22" authority="Deraniyagala" authorityName="Deraniyagala" box="[504,822,404,430]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yakhuna">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFE18FE744F60FE21" box="[504,636,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. yakhuna</emphasis>
(Deraniyagala)
</taxonomicName>
, the Indonesian species 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFBAFFE744C47FE5A" authority="Boulenger" authorityName="Boulenger" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jellesmae">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFBAFFE7449C3FE21" box="[1103,1247,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. jellesmae</emphasis>
(Boulenger)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFE74FE5C4FBBFE5A" authority="Darevsky" authorityName="Darevsky" box="[404,679,444,470]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laevigatus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFE74FE5C4F32FE59" box="[404,558,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. laevigatus</emphasis>
Darevsky
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFD51FE5C496BFE5A" authority="Darevsky &amp; Szczerbak" authorityName="Darevsky &amp; Szczerbak" box="[689,1143,444,470]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFD51FE5C4E53FE59" box="[689,847,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. paradoxus</emphasis>
(Darevsky &amp; Szczerbak)
</taxonomicName>
of 
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, an undescribed species from 
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(David et al., submitted), and 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC3CFE0449B7FE71" box="[988,1195,484,509]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sermowaiensis">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC3CFE0449B7FE71" box="[988,1195,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. sermowaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(de Rooij) of New 
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. It may be distinguished from all 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFCAEFDEC4ED9FDA9" box="[846,965,524,549]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Geckoella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCAEFDEC4ED9FDA9" box="[846,965,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Geckoella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its gracile body, long slen­ der tail and long digits, from 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFD89FDD44FE7FDC1" box="[617,763,564,589]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jellesmae">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFD89FDD44FE7FDC1" box="[617,763,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. jellesmae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFCECFDD44EC0FDC1" box="[780,988,564,589]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sermowaiensis">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCECFDD44EC0FDC1" box="[780,988,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. sermowaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the Laotian species by its enlarged series of femoral scales, and from the remaining species by its color pattern (dark­edged, light transverse bands versus dark spots in 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC76FD64492CFD11" box="[918,1072,644,669]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laevigatus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC76FD64492CFD11" box="[918,1072,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. laevigatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and transverse bands interrupted by a narrow vertebral stripe in 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFCEEFD4C4EB3FD49" box="[782,943,684,709]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCEEFD4C4EB3FD49" box="[782,943,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Some specimens of the 
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/ 
<collectingCountry id="1FA489A7A848294FFEE8FD344C66FD62" box="[264,378,724,750]" name="Myanmar" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
species 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFE3EFD344FF6FD62" authority="Theobald" authorityName="Theobald" box="[478,746,724,750]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oldhami">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFE3EFD344F7DFD61" box="[478,609,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. oldhami</emphasis>
(Theobald)
</taxonomicName>
also lack pores (
<bibRefCitation id="0322B4C6A848294FFC50FD344921FD62" author="Smith" box="[944,1085,724,750]" pageId="7" pageNumber="10" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, xiii + 440 pp., 1 pl., 2 folding maps." type="book" year="1935">Smith 1935</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="0322B4C6A848294FFBA9FD3449C6FD62" author="Taylor" box="[1097,1242,724,750]" pageId="7" pageNumber="10" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1963) The lizards of Thailand. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 44, 687 - 1077." type="journal article" year="1963">Taylor 1963</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="0322B4C6A848294FFB06FD344C5AFC9A" author="Ulber" pageId="7" pageNumber="11" refString="Ulber, T. (1993) Bemerkungen uber cyrtodactyline Geckos aus Thailand nebst Beschreibungen von zwei neuen Arten (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 69, 187 - 200." type="journal article" year="1993">Ulber 1993</bibRefCitation>
), but this species may be easily distinguished by its pattern of white spots and stripes. Although 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFE60FCC44F77FCB2" authority="Boulenger" authorityName="Boulenger" box="[384,619,804,830]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feae">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFE60FCC44CC9FCB1" box="[384,469,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. feae</emphasis>
(Boulenger)
</taxonomicName>
of 
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was originally described as possessing pores, this has subsequently been called into question (see Bauer 2003). Regardless, it also differs markedly in color pattern from 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFD2DFC944E6BFC01" box="[717,887,884,909]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thirakhupti">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFD2DFC944E6BFC01" box="[717,887,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. thirakhupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC78FC944C48FC3A" authority="Brown &amp; Parker" authorityName="Brown &amp; Parker" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="derongo">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC78FC9449B7FC01" box="[920,1195,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Cyrtodactylus derongo</emphasis>
Brown &amp; Parker
</taxonomicName>
of New 
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was described on the basis of females only and the condition of precloacal and femoral pores in males is unknown, but this species is much larger (to 
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SVL) than 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFE6CFC0C4F2DFB89" box="[396,561,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. thirakhupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and differs markedly in color pattern and details of scalation. In general appearance the new species is most similar to the recently described 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFB6EFBF44836FBA1" box="[1166,1322,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C. sumonthai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Rayong Province, 
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, which has only two tiny precloacal pores, which may be easily overlooked. However, this species lacks enlarged femoral scales and differs in details of color pattern.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2FA99ABCA848294FFED8FB544E17F8AA" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="670CC937A848294FFED8FB544E17F8AA" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1830]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFED8FB544FFDFB42" bold="true" box="[312,737,1204,1230]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution and Natural History.</emphasis>
— 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCF2FB54495DFB41" box="[786,1089,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti</emphasis>
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is currently known only from its 
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locality, a single cave on a relatively isolated, forested, steep limestone hill near the beach. The foothill is at about 
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asl. The cave is wet and inhabited by bats and is situated about 30 meters above the surrounding area, and is about 100 meters deep. The cave hall, where the 
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were caught, is about 30 meters wide and 20 meters high. The adult female CUMZ R 2003.120 was found at 20:15 hrs on the cave wall, one meter above the ground. CUMZ R 2003.121 was caught at about, 
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from the cave entrance, 1.7 meters above the ground. IRSNB 2590 was caught at 21:00 hrs, 10 meters from the cave opening, 1.5 meters above the ground. On 
<date id="130DEFF7A848294FFCDBFA144E84F982" box="[827,920,1524,1550]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1927-06">27 June</date>
, only those three specimens and a fourth one (not caught) were seen. On the hill itself, we recorded seven other reptile species: 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFEADF9A44F31F9D1" box="[333,557,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Calotes versicolor</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
– 
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, 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCB2F9A44948F9D1" box="[850,1108,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Cnemaspis siamensis</emphasis>
(Smith)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFB33F9A44F1BF90A" authority="Wiegmann" authorityName="Wiegmann" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mutilata">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFB33F9A44C76F909" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Gehyra mutilata</emphasis>
(Wiegmann)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFDF3F98C4FFBF909" box="[531,743,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Gehyra fehlmanni</emphasis>
(Taylor)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFCBCF98C4964F90A" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" box="[860,1144,1644,1670]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCBCF98C4EEEF909" box="[860,1010,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Gekko gecko</emphasis>
(Linnaeus)
</taxonomicName>
– 
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, 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFEE8F9744F2DF922" authority="Boie" authorityName="Boie" box="[264,561,1684,1710]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Lycodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capucinus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFEE8F9744CF1F921" box="[264,493,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Lycodon capucinus</emphasis>
Boie
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFDA0F9744E0AF921" box="[576,790,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Ahaetulla prasina</emphasis>
(Boie)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A0B3B2B4A848294FFC48F9744C29F95A" authority="Schlegel" authorityName="Schlegel" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhabdophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subminiatus">
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFC48F97449D1F921" box="[936,1229,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Rhabdophis subminiatus</emphasis>
(Schlegel)
</taxonomicName>
– 
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. The 
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specimens of 
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. 
<emphasis id="55C71525A848294FFCF9F95C4E87F959" box="[793,923,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">thirakhupti</emphasis>
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were briefly kept in captivity, but did not thrive and died respectively on 
<date id="130DEFF7A848294FFD36F9044E30F972" box="[726,812,1764,1790]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1928-07">28 July</date>
(CUMZ R 2003.120), 
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(CUMZ R 2003.121) and 
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(IRSNB 2590).
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