Cyrtodactylus shenbagathoppuensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE, SATHEESHKUMAR & KHANDEKAR, 2026
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Cyrtodactylus shenbagathoppuensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Shenbagathoppu Geckoella |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus shenbagathoppuensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY, GANGALMALE, SATHEESHKUMAR & KHANDEKAR in AGARWAL et al. 2026: 436 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Shenbagathoppu (9.5709°N, 77.5625°E; ca. 320 m asl.), Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR), Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu state, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-9669 (AK-R 1461), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 21th April 2022. Paratypes. NRC-AA-9671 (AK-R 1312), subadult male, same data as holotype and NRC-AA-9670 (AK-R 1462), adult female, same data as holotype except collected on 15th April 2022 from ~ 1.5 km SW of type locality (9.5580°N, 77.5560°E; ca. 230 m asl.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella), snout to vent length up to 53.4 mm (n = 3); tail shorter than SVL. Dorsal pholidosis on trunk homogeneous; covered with smooth, subcircular, weakly conical granular scales; ventral scales much larger than granular scales on dorsum, smooth, subcircular, subimbricate with rounded end, subequal from chest to vent; 15 ventral scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter, 31–39 ventral scales across belly at midbody, 61–71 longitudinal scales between axilla to groin, 164–174 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 10–12 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11–14 lamellae under digit I of pes, 12–15 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 17 or 18 lamellae under digit IV of pes; absence of femoral and precloacal pores; absence of enlarged precloacal or femoral scales, no precloacal groove. Ground colouration tan, with five or six dark brown black-edged spots between nape and hindlimb insertions, spots well-separated along mid-vertebral line; post-occipital collar 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. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Shenbagathoppu, in Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve, Virudhnagar District, Tamil Nadu. The Tamil name means Shenbaga = champaca [= Magnolia champaca (Linnaeus)] and Thoppu = grove. |
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