Cyrtodactylus relictus AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2023
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Cyrtodactylus relictus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus relictus AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2023 |
| Distribution | India (Andhra Pradesh) Type locality: near Ubbalamadagu waterfalls, Kambakkam Durg (13.6100°N, 79.8431°E; ca. 120 m asl.), Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-1274 (CES09/1472), adult male, collected by Ishan Agarwal and team on 18th March 2014. Paratypes. NRC-AA-1275 (CES09/1470), NRC-AA- 1276 (CES09/1471), adult females, from near Pencha- lakona (14.3266°N, 79.4219°E; ca. 170 m asl.), Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India, collected by Ishan Agar- wal and team on 17th March 2014. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A small-sized Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella), snout to vent length up to 53 mm (n = 3); tail shorter than SVL. Dorsal pholidosis on trunk homogeneous; covered with smooth, subcircular, weakly conical granular scales; scales on occiput and nape slightly smaller and rounded than those on body dorsum, scales on flank slightly larger than those on dorsum; ventral scales much larger than scales on dorsum, smooth, subcircular, subimbricate, subequal from chest to vent; absence of femoral and precloacal pores; absence of enlarged precloacal or femoral scales, no precloacal groove; four pairs of dark rounded spots from occiput to hindlimb insertions, spots rarely just in contact along mid-vertebral line; post-occipital collar broken into a pair of spots (1/3) or forming a U-shaped band (2/3). (Agarwal et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin relictus; which refers to an organism or species that has survived from an earlier period with different environmental conditions. Peninsular India was covered by wet forests and has gradually become more arid since at least the Miocene. This is apt for the new species as it is known only from small areas of relatively cool, closed canopy habitats in a matrix of otherwise warm and open habitats. |
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