Cyrtodactylus jayadityai BOHRA, DEB, THONGNI, BHATTACHARJEE, LALREMSANGA, SWARGIARY & ROY, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus jayadityai
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Jayaditya’s forest bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus jayadityai BOHRA, DEB, THONGNI, BHATTACHARJEE, LALREMSANGA, SWARGIARY & ROY 2026 |
| Distribution | India (N Tripura District, possibly reaching Assam) Type locality: INDIA Tripura State, North Tripura District, Chamtilla village roadside mud bunds, surrounded by degraded mixed moist deciduous to semi-evergreen lowland forests; 24°17′8.55′′ N, 92°10′32.90′′ E, WGS 84; ca 56 to 60 m a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZMU 3795, adult male; 16 Aug. 2024, 11:30 h; Arnab Deb leg. (Figs 4–5, 8A). Paratypes: MZMU 3791, MZMU 3792, 2 adult males; same data as for holotype; 2 adult females; same data as for holotype MZMU 3793, MZMU 3794 (Figs 7, 8B–D). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus jayadityai sp. nov. (n = 5) is a small to moderately sized bent-toed gecko ranging in SVLfrom 47.8 mm to 54.9 mm (up to 70.7 mm including BNHS 2230), original TL ranging from 55.7 mmto 57.0 mm, having 9 to 12 supralabials and 9 to 11 infralabials. The dorsal tubercles are usually feeblykeeled, bluntly conical and irregularly arranged in 19 to 21 rows (DTR) between the indistinct ventrolateral folds at the midbody; dorsal tubercles are usually four to five times the size of dorsal granular scales; 44 to 50 paravertebral tubercles (PVT1), originating from the most anterior tubercle on theocciput to the mid-sacrum; 30 to 31 paravertebral tubercles (PVT2) between the level of the axilla andthe level of the groin and 37 to 43 mid-ventral scale rows (MVSR) between the indistinct ventrolateralfolds. Males with a total of 18 to 28 pre-cloacal femoral pores (PcFP) (see ‘Variation’ section for furtherdetails) in two different arrangements: (1) a continuous series of 18 pre-cloacal pores or PcP (9 on eachside) with no visible pitted scales (2) a discontinuous series of 22 to 28 pre-cloacal femoral pores or PcFP(11 to 15 PcFP on either side of which 7 to 13 occur continuously separated by 1 to 5 poreless scalesfrom the remaining 2 to 4 pores) with no visible pitted scales; females with 0 to 14 continuous series of pre-cloacal pits (up to 19 continuous series of precloacal-femoral pits including BNHS 2230); 13 to 15 subdigital lamellae on finger IV (excluding nonlamellar scales between the proximal and apical lamellae series); 15 to 18 subdigital lamellae on toe IV (excluding non-lamellar scales between the proximal andapical lamellae series). The dorsum has a total of 9–10 paired dark brown blotches posteriorly edgedwith whitish punctuations, occurring on either side of the mid-vertebral region on the dorsum, somewhatparallel to each other, thereby forming a thin mid-dorsal line like appearance (the dark blotches closeto the vertebral region are surrounded by another irregular row of somewhat lateral and similarly bi-colored, i.e., black and white blotches on either side). A continuous series of alternating dark and lighttransverse bands on the dorsum of the tail; not a single row of transversely enlarged, paired subcaudals onthe ventral aspect of the tail; subcaudal scales are instead arranged in small, heterogeneous and irregulartransverse series. (Bohra et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about between half a page and a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | ThespecificepithetisapatronymhonoringDr.JayadityaPurkayastha(HelpEarth,Guwahati,Assam,India),anIndianherpetologistknownforhisremarkablecontributionsinthefieldofherpetology,particularly regarding the systematics of natricid snakes (mainly Fowlea, Hebius and Xenochrophis)and the herpetofauna of the Indo-Burmese region. |
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