Grismer L Lee, Wood Perry L, Ahmad Amirrudin B, Sumarli Alexandra S-I, Vazquez Jessika J, Ismail Lukman H B, Nance Ronald, Mohd-Amin Muhammad Afif B, Othman Mohamad N A B, Rizaijessika Syed A, Kuss Maria, Murdoch Matthew, Cobos Anthony
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Zootaxa. 2014 Jan 24;3755:447-56. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.5.4.
A new insular species Cnemaspis bidongensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), is described from Pulau Bidong, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia and bears a unique suite of morphological and color pattern characters that differentiate it from all other congeners. Cnemaspis bidongensis sp. nov. is the sister species to C. kendallii (Gray) and represents the fifth insular endemic species of Cnemaspis on archipelagos along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This species survived massive deforestation of the small island of Bidong (260 ha) from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s when the island served as a Vietnamese refugee camp and harbored as many as 40,000 people at one time. We hypothesize that this species' generalized lifestyle contributed to its survival, allowing it to seek refuge in rocky microhabitats.
一种新的岛屿物种——比东岛弯脚虎（Cnemaspis bidongensis sp. nov.）（有鳞目：壁虎科），是在马来西亚半岛丁加奴州的比东岛被发现并被描述的。它具有独特的形态特征和颜色图案组合，使其与所有其他同属物种区分开来。比东岛弯脚虎是肯氏弯脚虎（C. kendallii (Gray)）的姐妹物种，也是马来西亚半岛东海岸群岛上弯脚虎属的第五个岛屿特有物种。在20世纪70年代中期到90年代初，比东岛（260公顷）经历了大规模森林砍伐，当时该岛是一个越南难民营，曾一度容纳多达4万人。我们推测，该物种普遍化的生活方式有助于其生存，使其能够在岩石微生境中寻求庇护。
