Cyrtodactylus vairengtensis LALREMSANGA, COLNEY, VABEIRYUREILAI, MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA, DAS & PURKAYASTHA, 2023

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Vairengte bent-toed gecko
Synonym	Cyrtodactylus vairengtensis LALREMSANGA, COLNEY, VABEIRYUREILAI, MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA, DAS & PURKAYASTHA 2023: 561
Distribution	India (Mizoram) Type locality: jointed weathered siltstone bed along a public link road (24.501111°N; 92.762222° E; elevation 230 m a.s.l.), in the backyard of UPC-NEI church building, Hall Veng, Vairengte, Kolasib District, Mizoram, north-east India
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MZMU 2903, Adult male (Fig. 3 in Lalremsanga et al. 2023), collected on 5 June 2022 by Zosiamliana Colney and Joseph Vanlalhriata. Paratypes: One adult male (MZMU2904) and one female (MZMU2905), same collection details as holotype. Two adult males (MZMU2901, MZMU2902) collected from a rocky wall covered by vegetation along Aitlang road (24.495556 °N; 92.757500 °E; elevation 168 m a.s.l.), Field Veng, Vairengte, Kolasib District, Mizoram, north-east India on 5 June 2022 by Zosiamliana Colney, H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga and Joseph Vanlalhriata and two adult females (MZMU2626, MZMU2742) collected along a narrow public slope stone steps walkway (24.501111 °N; 92.762222°E;elevation230ma.s.l.),HallVeng,Vairengte,KolasibDistrict,Mizoram,northeastIndiabyZosiamliana Colney, C. Lalfamkima, Alfred Lalsanglura and Joseph Vanlalhriata on 12 November 2021 and 2 April 2022.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Vairengte town, Kolasib District of the state of Mizoram from where the type series 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 LALREMSANGA, HMAR TLAWMTE; ZOSIAMLIANA COLNEY, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, FANAI MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, LAL MUANSANGA, MADHURIMA DAS, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA 2023. It‘s all in the name: Another new Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Mizoram, North-east India. Zootaxa 5369: 553-575 - get paper here
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