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

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus montanus AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018
Distribution	India (Tripura, Mizoram) Type locality: near Phuldungsei village in the southern Jampui Hills, Kanchanpur subdivision, North Tripura district, Tripura state, India (23.82257°N, 92.26034°E, 850 m asl)
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: BNHS 2235, adult female, field number CES09/1215), collected by Tarun Khichi, N.P.I. Das, Aniruddha Datta-Roy and Ishan Agarwal on 3 November 2010. Paratypes. Adult males (BNHS 2232–2234) and an adult female (BNHS 2231), bear the same collection data as the holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus montanus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its moderate body size (SVL to at least 78.2 mm); eight or 10 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; 21–23 longitudinal rows of rounded, conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles extending posteriorly to at least third tail segment; 37–43 paravertebral tubercles; 21–23 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; 8–10 precloacal pores in males, no femoral pores; a row of enlarged scales posterior to precloacal pore-bearing scales, slightly larger than pore- bearing scales; 13–18 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation lacking enlarged median plates; dorsal colour pattern of thick dark reticulations enclosing lighter blotches; tail with alternating dark and lighter bands.
Comment
Etymology	The specific epithet is a nominative, masculine, singular, Latin adjective meaning “pertaining to a mountain” as this species is a member of the mountain clade, and is restricted to a mountainous region in northwestern Tripura.
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., ... & Grismer, J. L. 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 Malsawmdawngliana, B. Boruah, N.G. Patel, S. Lalronunga, I. Zosangliana, K. Lalhmangaiha & A. Das 2022. An updated checklist of reptiles from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India, with sixteen new distribution records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(10): 21946–21960 - get paper here Muansanga, Lal; Ht Decemson, Lal Biakzuala, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, H.T. Lalremsanga, Madhurima Das, Jayaditya Purkayastha 2020. First Record of the Jampui Bent-toed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus montanus Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya, and Bauer 2018 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Mizoram, India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 267-268 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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