Cyrtopodion baigii MASROOR, 2008

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Cyrtopodion baigii MASROOR 2008 Cyrtopodion baigii — NAZAROV et al. 2011 Cyrtopodion baigii — RÖSLER 2016: 6
Distribution	N Pakistan (Chilas area in the Chilas Arc Complex) Type locality: rocky foothills of the Khanbari Valley, Diamer Basha Dam Reservoir, Chilas, Astor District, Northern Areas, Karakoram Range, Pakistan (35º33'57''N, 73º50'29''E), at an elevation of 1181m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: PMNH 1965, adult male, collected just before sunset by Khalid Javed Baig on 6 July 2007. Paratypes: PMNH 1966, 1967 and 1968 were collected from rocky foothills of the Kiner Valley, Diamer Basha Dam Reservoir, Chilas, Chilas, Astor District, Northern Areas, Karakoram Range, Pakistan (36º 27'32''N, 74º25'37''E), at an elevation of 1175m (Table 1) by Khalid Javed Baig on 8 July 2007.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Medium sized geckos; tail longer than body; 16–18 interorbital scales; body dorsum with prominent, moderate sized, trihedral tubercles, not in contact with each other, arranged in 10 longitudinal rows, 28 paravertebral rows extending from immediately behind occiput to level of vent; 30–32 rows of ventral scales across midbody; 125–132 scales along ventral midline of body; males with two preanal pores, femoral pores absent; tail clearly segmented, each segment dorsally with three rows of small, heterogeneous subtrihedral scales anteriorly, becoming trihedral posteriorly. Additional details (344 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	The species epithet is a patronym honoring the late Dr. Khalid Javed Baig (1956-2006) for his contributions to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of Pakistan. BAig, together with his wife and mother, passed away in a car accident in 2006.
References	BAUER, AARON M.; RAFAQAT MASROOR, JAMES TITUS-MCQUILLAN, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE,, JUAN D. DAZA & TODD R. JACKMAN 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Masroor, R. 2008. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern areas of Pakistan. Zootaxa 1857: 33-43 - get paper here Masroor, R. 2009. A new arboreal species of Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Deh Akro-II Wetlands Complex, Sindh, Pakistan. Zootaxa 2243: 57-67 [erratum in Zootaxa 2307: 68] - get paper here Nazarov, Roman A., Natalia B. Ananjeva and J. Theodore Papenfuss. 2011. A new species of thin-toes geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Balochistan Province, South Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 (2): 130-137 Nazarov, Roman A.;Dmitry А. Bondarenko, Mehdi Radjabizadeh 2012. A New Species of Thin-Toed Geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province, South Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 292-298 - get paper here Nazarov, Roman; Natalia Ananjeva, and Mehdi Radjabizadeh 2010. Two New Species of Angular-Toed Geckoes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from South Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 311-324 [2009] - get paper here Rösler H 2016. Bemerkungen über einige Geckoarten der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota Suppl. 3: 1-94 Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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