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Cyrtodactylus nagalandensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER, 2018

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus nagalandensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018 
DistributionIndia (Nagaland)

Type locality: near Khonoma village, Kohima district, Nagaland state, India (25.65818°N, 94.02142°E, 1450 m asl)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 2253, adult female, field number CES09/1233) collected by Ishan Agarwal on 23 October 2009. Paratype. Adult female (BNHS 2254) bears the same collection information as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus nagalandensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its moderate body size (SVL to at least 72.0 mm); 10–12 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; 16–18 longitudinal rows of rounded, conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles extending posteriorly to third tail segment; 35–37 paravertebral tubercles; 34 or 35 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; six depressions in precloacal series but no precloacal or femoral pores on females, male condition unknown; 16 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation of original tail with paired enlarged subcaudals not forming median plates; dorsal pattern of indistinct light and dark blotches forming longitudinal markings on neck and forebody; tail with alternating dark and lighter bands.


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Comment 
EtymologyThis is the first endemic gecko from Nagaland, and the specific epithet is a toponym for the state. 
References
  • AGARWAL, ISHAN; STEPHEN MAHONY, VARAD B. GIRI, R. CHAITANYA, AARON M. BAUER 2018. Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4524 (5): 501–535 - get paper here
  • 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., Karunarathna, S., Welton, L.J., Stuart, B.L., Luu, V.Q., Bauer, A.M., O’Connell, K.A., Quah, E.S.H., Chan. K,O., Ziegler, T., N 2021. 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 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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