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Cyrtodactylus kamengensis MIRZA, BHOSALE, THACKERAY, PHANSALKAR, SAWANT, GOWANDE & PATEL, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus kamengensis MIRZA, BHOSALE, THACKERAY, PHANSALKAR, SAWANT, GOWANDE & PATEL 2022 
DistributionIndia (Arunachal Pradesh)

Type locality: Shergaon, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh (27.075528°N, 92.123500°E, elevation 950 m)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotye: BNHS 3113, adult male collected by Mandar Sawant, Pushkar Phansalkar and Harshal Bhosale on 8 August 2021 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus kamengensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its moderate body size (SVL 70.2–78.6 mm, mean 73.84); 9–12 supralabials; 9–10 infralabials; 20–24 bluntly conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; 49–58 paravertebral tubercles; 30–34 ventral scales between distinct ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groves; 7–11 precloacal pores in a continuous series; three to four rows of enlarged scales below pored scales, slightly larger than pored scales, femoral pores absent; 9–13 distal subdigital lamellae on digit IV of pes; subcaudal scalation of original tail without enlarged plates. Dorsum with paired irregular dark brown blotches on a light brown background. (MIRZA et al. 2022) 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet refers to the Kameng River in western Arunachal Pradesh close to which the new species was discovered. 
References
  • Mirza ZA, Bhosale HS, Thackeray T, Phansalkar P, Sawant M, Gowande GG, Patel H 2022. A new species of bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Herpetozoa 35: 65-76 - get paper here
 
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