Diagnosis.—Cyrtodactylus tautbatorum is
readily diagnosed from its phenotypically most similar Philippine congener, C. annulatus by
the following combination of characters: (1) 4
or 5 ‘‘bow-tie’’ shaped (vs. invariably 3
‘‘barbell’’ shaped; Fig. 4, 5) transverse body
bands between limb insertions; (2) ventrolateral
tubercle row highly protuberant (vs. nonprotuberant
or absent): (3) contact between the
first infralabial and three (vs. two) enlarged
postmentals; (4) internasal in contact with
supranasals; (5) dorsal trunk tubercles convex
(vs. conical or pointed sharply); and (6) smaller
body size (Table 1).