A new species of rock gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch is described from Belitung Island, Indonesia. The new species is differentiated from all other species in the Southern Sunda clade (sensu Grismer et al. 2014a) by having a unique combination of characters including: (1) a maximum SVL of 54.1 mm, (2) five or six postmental scales, (3) enlarged submetacarpal scales on the first finger, (4) enlarged submetatarsal scales on the first toe, (5) keeled ventral scales, (6) absence of precloacal pores, (7) absence of enlarged femoral scales, (8) absence of shield-like subtibial scales, (9) caudal tubercles encircling the tail, (10) an interrupted median row of enlarged keeled subcaudals, (11) presence of a distinct furrow on the lateral surface of the tail (12) 22-24 lamellae beneath fourth toe, and (13) two postcloacal tubercles on each side of the tail base.Key words: Cnemaspis, Belitung Island, Indonesia, new species AbstrakSpesies baru cicak batu marga Cnemaspis Strauch telah dipertelakan dari pulau Belitung, Indonesia dan dapat dibedakan dari kerabatnya dalam klan Sunda Selatan (menurut Grismer dkk 2014a) berdasarkan kombinasi unik karakter yang meliputi: (1) maksimum SVL 50.8 mm, (2) lima atau enam sisik postmental, (3) terdapat sisik besar submetakarpal pada jari pertama tungkai depan, (4) sisik besar submetatarsal pada jari pertama tungkai bawah, (5) sisik perut berlunas, (6) tidak terdapat lubang prekloakal, (7) tidak terdapat sisik besar pada paha, (8) tidak terdapat sisik subtibial, (9) struktur tubercular mengelilingi ekor membentuk formasi cincin, (10) sisi samping ekor terdapat alur yang jelas, (11) barisan sisik besar tengah subkaudal tidak dalam rentengan, (12) 22-24 lamela pada jari ke-empat tungkai belakang, dan (13) dua struktur tuberkular belakang kloaka di masing-masing dinding pangkal ekor.

The endemic Chelodina mccordi is considered extinct in the wild; however, ex-situ populations are thriving and sampled for our genetic diversity assessment. We used three sequences resulting from blood and tissue samples of five individual turtles amplified for 650-bp cytochrome oxidase I (COI) fragment of the mitochondrial DNA. We analysed a total of 30 barcoding DNA sequences for phylogenetic relationships and genetic distances among Chelodina spp. Nucleotide diversity of eight C. mccordi samples is 0.007 ± 0.001 with a haplotype diversity of 0.893 ± 0.086. All these samples form a monophyletic clade that is sister to a clade of Australian and New Guinean long-necked turtles. Genetic distances calculated using Kimura 2-paramater model among C. mccordi sequences range between 0.2% and 1.5%, while a few others are without distance. The shortest genetic distance is between individuals from Rote Island, whereas the longest distance was found between individuals, each of which was derived from parental stocks originating in Rote and Timor islands. A genetic distance of 1.1% - 1.5% is likely to denote distinction at subspecies level. Results of this study could help in reintroducing captive individuals into their natural habitats. Thus, captive breeding programme of this species may help its conservation.

1) On page 589 line 6, the correct sentence should be the tail of the holotype is regenerated with a total length 52.9 mm. 2) On page 590, line 25, the character comparison inverted, correct sentence should be presence (versus absence) of a single median row of keeled subcaudals and …. 3) On page 592 Table 2, the character 3 (column 3) for Cnemaspis baueri, C. bidongensis and C. kendallii are empty. The correct table should be "?" for C. baueri, "?" for C. bidongensis, and "1" for C. kendallii. 4) On page 594 line 45, the correct sentence should be aurantiacopes, C. baueri, C. bidongensis, C. biocellata, C. bidongensis, … 5) On page 596 line 6, the correct sentence should be boulengeri and C. psychedelica. The new species lacks a pale …

Distinguishing between species is an essential aspect of animal research and conservation. For turtles, morphology and genetic analysis are potentially valuable tools for identification. Shell shape is an important component of phenotypic variation in turtles and can be easily described and quantified by geometric morphometrics (GM). Here, we focus on carapace and plastron shape discrimination of immature Southeast Asian box turtles (Cuora amboinensis) from two of the Greater Sunda Islands with partially distinct faunas. GM analysis identified significant differences in carapace and plastron shape between turtles from Borneo and Sumatra. The discrimination success amounted to 90% and 83.7% for carapace and plastron, respectively. The correlations of carapace and plastron shapes were high for Sumatra (0.846), and less pronounced for Borneo (0.560). We detected no differences in the ontogenetic trajectories of the shell shape between the two islands. We conclude that shell shape can be used for reliable geographic assignment of C. amboinensis of unknown origin. In addition to the comparison of shell shapes, turtles from Borneo, Sumatra, Seram, and turtles of unknown origin from two Czech zoos were studied genetically. Analysis of the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene confirmed the distinctness of turtles from Borneo and Sumatra, with p-distance 2.68 – 4.09% sequence difference. Moreover, we discovered considerable genetic difference in Seram turtles of previously unknown haplogroup (p-distance 6.00 – 8.68%) revealing the need for the revision of the whole species complex of Cuora amboinensis.

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