Cyrtodactylus khambui SUBBA, KHANAL, WANG, ULAK, SINGH, LIMBU, UPADHYAYA & CHE, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus khambui
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Khambu’s bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus khambui SUBBA, KHANAL, WANG, ULAK, SINGH, LIMBU, UPADHYAYA & CHE 2026 |
| Distribution | Nepal (Churia Hills, Sunsari District) Type locality: Dharan Basecamp Area, Sunsari District, Koshi Province,Nepal (26.8364° N, 87.2983° E, WGS 84, elevation 628 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. CDZMTU502, Adult male, collected by Asmit Subba on 01 August 2023. Paratypes. CDZMTU501 (male), CDZMTU503 (female), CDZMTU504 (male), CDZMTU505 (male), same data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus khambui sp. nov. can be diagnosed based on the following characters: (1) small-sized Cyrtodactylus, SVL 51.05–60.63 (2) tail long, TL 1.04–1.19% SVL; (3) head moderately proportioned andrelatively flat HW 63.42%−60.79% HL, HD 38.7%−33.3% HL; (4) mid ventral scales 35−45; (5) ventral foldspresent; (6) dorsal pholidosis on trunk heterogeneous, consisting of rounded scales intermixed with feebly keeledscales; (7) ventral scales slightly larger than dorsals, semicircular, smooth, slightly upward directed; (8) supralabials8−11; (9) infralabials 8−10; (10) 8–10 precloacal pores present; (11) precloacal femoral (PcFP) and precloacalgroove absent; (12) four transverse series of dark dorsal crossbands parallel to the body axis (n = 4); (13) mid dorsalline absent (Table 2 & 3). (Subba 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 about 3.3 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species-specific epithet is a patronym for Prof. Dr. Kalu Ram Rai Khambu, the first Nepalischolar to obtain a Ph.D. in herpetology and who has predominantly worked in eastern Nepal where the newspecies was discovered. We name the new species after Prof. Khambu to honor his contributions to herpetofaunalsystematics and conservation in Nepal. |
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