Cyrtodactylus chure BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus chure
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Chure bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus chure BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT 2025: 146 |
| Distribution | Nepal (Bagmati) Type locality: walls of Hariharpurgadhi Fort (27°18.820'N, 85°29.223'E; ca 905 m a.s.l.), Sindhuli District, Bagmati Province, Nepal |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NHM 2025/379 (SB001), adult male; collected by Santosh Bhattarai on 16 June 2024. Paratypes: NHM 2025/380 (SB002), NHM 2025/381 (SB003), NHM 2025/382 (SB004) bears the same locality and collection data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus, snout to vent length up to 68.7 mm. Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth granular scales intermixed with fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, feebly keeled, weakly pointed tubercles; a weak ventrolateral fold on lower flank; 18–20 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 34–37 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, and subimbricate with rounded end; 37 or 38 scales across belly at midbody, 79–86 longitudinal scales between axilla to groin, 167–184 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 14 or 13 lamellae under digit I of manus and 12–14 lamellae under digit I of pes, 16–18 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 18–21 lamellae under digit IV of pes; a series of seven or eight precloacal pore-bearing scales contiguous with nine or ten enlarged precloacal scales in males (n = 2); females lack pores but have 5–8 pitted homologous scales, and 9–12 enlarged precloacal scales (n = 2); dorsal scales on non-regenerated tail homogeneous, fairly regularly arranged, smooth, elongated, flattened, subimbricate, and larger than granular scales at dorsal midbody, gradually becoming larger posteriorly and dorsolaterally; a few scattered enlarged tubercles present on the tail base; subcaudal scales in median series smooth, variable in size and shape, and not enlarged; dorsal pattern of ~9 dark-brown, broken crossbars, original tail bearing ten or 11 alternating dark and lighter bands. (Bhattarai et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 10357 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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