Cyrtodactylus teraiensis GAUTAM, BHATTARAI, NEUPANE, POKHERAL, THACKERAY, KHANDEKAR, CYRIAC & AGARWAL, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus teraiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Terai clouded Geckoella/ ground gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus teraiensis GAUTAM, BHATTARAI, NEUPANE, POKHERAL, THACKERAY, KHANDEKAR, CYRIAC & AGARWAL 2026 |
| Distribution | Nepal (Morang District, Koshi Province) Type locality: Belbari Chisang Collaborative Forest (26.67993°N, 87.4743°E; ca 188 m a.s.l.),Bhaunne, Morang District, Koshi Province, Nepal. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NHM 2025/390 (BG-81266), adult male, collected by Santosh Bhattarai and Bivek Gautam on 27th April 2025. Paratype. NHM 2025/391 (BG-81277), adultmale, Belbari Chisang Collaborative Forest (26.684517°N, 87.472117°E; ca.169 m a.s.l.), Bhaunne, bears the same locality and collection data as holotype.D |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A small-sized Cyrtodactylus, snout to vent length up to 45.5 mm.Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth granular scales intermixed withmore or less regularly arranged rows of enlarged, feebly keeled, blunt to weaklyconical tubercles; ventrolateral fold absent on lower flank; 16–18 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 29–31 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventralscales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, and subimbricate withrounded end; 30–32 ventral scales across belly at midbody, 50–54 longitudinalscales between axilla to groin, 150–157 longitudinal scales from mental to clo-aca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 8–10 lamellaeunder digit I of manus and nine or 10 lamellae under digit I of pes, 12 or 13lamellae under digit IV of manus and 15–17 lamellae under digit IV of pes;femoral and/or precloacal pores absent; enlarged precloacal and/ or femoralscales absent, no precloacal groove; scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum ho-mogeneous, composed of large, flat, smooth, subcircular, and imbricate scaleswhich become slightly larger towards the lateral aspect, largest on ventral sidebut not forming median row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales. Groundcolour khaki with four or five pairs of dark brown spots from neck to hindlimb nsertions plus one on tail base; head with dark blotches on snout-tip, occipi-tal, and interorbital region; post-occipital collar not in contact with post-orbitalstreak; pre-orbital streaks meeting in internasal region; original tail with eight ornine alternating dark and lighter bands. (Gautam 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. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Gautam et al. 2026: Fig. 1. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a toponym for the Terai, a unique lowlandhabitat in southern Nepal and north India, bordered by the Siwalik Range in thenorth and the Indo-Gangetic Plains to the south. The suggested common nameis Terai clouded Geckoella/ ground gecko. |
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