https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f4qrfj73j

This is the dataset for our publication “Ecologically-related variation of digit morphology in Cyrtodactylus (Gekkota, Squamata) reveals repeated origins of incipient adhesive toepads” published in Functional Ecology by Jendrian Riedel, Katrin Eisele, Mariam Gabelaia, Timothy E. Higham, Joseph Wu, Quyen Hanh Do, Truong Quang Nguyen, Camila G. Meneses, Rafe M. Brown, Thomas Ziegler, L. Lee Grismer, Anthony P. Russell & Dennis Rödder.

Description of the data and file structure

Dataset for Riedel et al., 2024 containing a detailed list of 1) the voucher numbers and sources of all measured specimens and area measurements per specimen (SVL measurements from Riedel et al. (2024)), 2) 2D geometric morphometric coordinates per specimen (semi-landmarks overlapping with landmarks removed), 3) 2D geometric morphometric curves.

1)      Table_1_voucher_numbers_and_scale_area_data.csv

2)      Table_2_2D_Geometric_Morphometric_Coordiantes.csv

3)      Table3_2D_Geomeotrc_Morphometric_Curves.csv

Explanations and Abbreviations for the Tables:

• ID = specimen ID (for abbreviations of collection location see table below)
• Specimen source = specimen collection location
• sex: m = male, f = female
• na = data not measured
• ecotype = ecotype assignment (following Grismer et al. 2020, 2021a)
• broadhabitat = broader habitat assignment (see Riedel et al. 2024)
• clade = taxonomic placement within Cyrtodactylus (following Grismer et al. 2021b)
• SVL = snout-to-vent length in mm
• manus area and pes area = area of the subdigital scales between the inflection point and the toe base of the manus and pes respectively in mm
• V1 - V8 = Landmarks denoting the points where the first three scales under the inflection point and proximal thereto meet with the 310 adjacent subdigital scales and the scales lateral or medial thereto
• V9 – V176 = semi-landmarks connecting the landmarks V1 - V8 (compare fig. 4 in Riedel et al. 2024 for details)
• number = number of curves for geometric morphometric analysis
• curves slide from (semi)landmark point “before” over “slide” to “after” (compare Table 3 in Riedel et al. 2024: Specifically, the way this is coded in Table 3 is that e.g., the curve 1 (first entry in the table) runs from V1 (before) over V9 (slide) to V10 (after). Then curve 2 (second entry) runs from V9 (before) over V10 (slide) to V11 (after), and so on)

Abbreviations for collection locations:

Literature cited:

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Minh, J., Le, D., Quah, E.S.H. & Grismer, J.L. (2020). Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation. Ecology and Evolution 00, 1–14.
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Poyarkov, N.A., Le, M.D., Karunarathna, S., Chomdej, S., Suwannapoom, C., Qi, S., Liu, S., Che, J., Quah, E.S.H., Kraus, F., Oliver, P.M., Riyanto, A., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Grismer, J.L. (2021a). Karstic landscapes are foci of species diversity in the world’s third-largest vertebrate genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata, Gekkonidae). Diversity 13, 1–15.
• Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Poyarkov, N.A., Le, M.D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., Oliver, P.M., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Welton, L.J., Stuart, B.L., Luu, V.Q., Bauer, A.M., Kyle, A., Quah, E.S.H., Chan, K.O., Ziegler, T., Ngo, H., Roman, A., Aowphol, A., Chomdej, S., Suwannapoom, C., Siler, C.D., Anuar, S., Tri, N.V. & Grismer, J.L. (2021b). Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71, 101–154.
• Riedel, J., Eisele, K., Gabelaia, M., Higham, T.E., Wu, J., Do, Q.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Meneses, C.G., Brown, R.M., Ziegler, T., Grismer, L.L., Russell, A.P. & Rödder, D. (2024). Ecologically-related variation of digit morphology in Cyrtodactylus (Gekkota, Squamata) reveals repeated origins of incipient adhesive toepads. Functional Ecology.