Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE, PAL & KHANDEKAR, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kalakad or KMTR Geckoella |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE, PAL & KHANDEKAR in AGARWAL et al. 2026: 428 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Wood House (8.5220°N, 77.5040°E; ca. 230 m asl.), Kalakad Range, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-9672 (AK-R 603), adult female, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 29th April 2021. Paratypes. NRC-AA-9673 (AK-R 602), NRC-AA-9674 (AK-R 604), adult males, same collection data as holotype; NRC-AA-9675 (AK-R 665), adult male, NRC-AA-9676 (AK-R 979), NRC-AA-9677 (AK-R 980), adult females, from Kalakad Range (8.5274°N, 77.4868°E; ca. 320 m asl.) collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 30th March 2022; NRC-AA-9678 (CESL 510), adult male, from Manimuthar, Mundanthurai Range (8.6244°N, 77.4109 °E; ca. 130 m asl.) collected by Saunak Pal on 18th December 2011; all from KMTR, Tirunelveli District. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella), snout to vent length up to 55 mm (n = 7); tail shorter than SVL. Dorsal pholidosis on trunk homogeneous; covered with smooth, subcircular, weakly conical granular scales; ventral scales slightly larger than granular scales on dorsum, smooth, oval, subimbricate with rounded end, subequal from chest to vent; 15–19 ventral scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter, 30–44 ventral scales across belly at midbody, 67–88 longitudinal scales between axilla to groin, 185–202 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 10–13 lamellae under digit I of manus and pes, 12–15 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 17–21 lamellae under digit IV of pes; absence of femoral and precloacal pores; absence of enlarged precloacal or femoral scales, no precloacal groove. Ground colouration khaki, three brown black-edged cross-bars between occiput and hindlimb insertions that may be notched or broken into spots; post-occipital collar contiguous, notched or separated mid-vertebrally into pair of spots, no regular spots on flanks, darker markings cover > 50 % of dorsum between limb insertions. (AGARWAL et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Sympatry: Hemidactylus acanthopholis, Dravidoseps kalakadensis, H. leschenaultii, H. frenatus, Eutropis carinata, E. cf. macularia, Riopa cf. albopunctata, Calotes calotes, C. versicolor, Psammophilus cf. blanfordanus. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality in the Kalakad Forest Range, KMTR (Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. |
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