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Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis BORUAH, NARAYANAN, LALRONUNGA, DEEPAK & DAS, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ngengpui bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis BORUAH, NARAYANAN, LALRONUNGA, DEEPAK & DAS in Boruah et al. 2024: 470 
DistributionIndia (Mizoram)

Type locality: Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary (22.4906°N; 92.7575°E; elevation 160 m a.s.l.) (Fig. 3A), Lawngtlai District, Mizoram, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. WII-ADR1057, adult male (Fig. 7A–J), collected by Abhijit Das, Bitupan Boruah and Samuel Lalronunga on 8 September 2021.
Paratypes. Two adult females (WII-ADR991 and WII- ADR1058) and one subadult female (WII-ADR1059) collected from the same locality in Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary by the same team on 7 and 8 September 2021. 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary of Mizoram state from where the type series of the species were collected. 
References
  • Bohra, S. C. ., Deb, A. ., Thongni, G., Bhattacharjee, R., Biakzuala, L. ., Lalremsanga, H. T., Swargiary, P., & Roy, R. 2026. A new micro-endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the lowlands of Northeast India, with additional morphological notes on Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Jerdon, 1870 based on topotypical specimens from Meghalaya, India. European Journal of Taxonomy, 1048(1), 265–303 - get paper here
  • Boruah, B., Narayanan, S., Aravind, N. A., Lalronunga, S., Deepak, V., & Das, A. 2024. Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 453–486
 
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