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Cyrtodactylus siangensis BORUAH, NARAYANAN, ARAVIND, DEEPAK & DAS, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Siang Valley bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus siangensis BORUAH, NARAYANAN, ARAVIND, DEEPAK & DAS in BORUAH et al. 2024: 477 
DistributionIndia (Arunachal Pradesh)

Type locality: Kalek stream (28.1711°N; 95.2420°E, eleva- tion 210 m a.s.l.; Fig. 3A); 1.8 km (aerial distance) north-west from Bodak village, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. WII-ADR1177, adult female (; Fig. 9A, B, E–I), collected by Bitupan Boruah on 23 Octo- ber 2021.
Paratypes. Two adult females (WII-ADR1581 and WII- ADR1582; Fig. 9C, D) from a hill slope near Kalek stream, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India col- lected by Bitupan Boruah on 15 June 2022. 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the river “Siang”. The type locality of this species lies in the Siang valley of Arunachal Pradesh. 
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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