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Cyrtodactylus cayuensis LI, 2007

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cayu bent-toed Gecko
Chinese: 察隅裸趾虎 
SynonymCyrtodactylus khasiensis cayuensis LI 2007
Cyrtodactylus cayuensis — AGARWAL et al. 2018: 337
Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis – MIRZA et al. 2021
Cyrtodactylus cayuensis — BORUAH et al. 2024: 479 
DistributionChina (Cayu County, Xizang)

Type locality: Xiacayu, Cayu county of Xizang, China  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SYNU 046;
Specimens examined by BORUAH et al. 2024 (Fig. 10): Arunachal Pradesh: one male (WII-ADR1219) and one female (WII-ADR1218) collected from Balek village (28.0624°N; 95.2721°E; elevation 450 m a.s.l.), East Siang District on 29 Octo- ber 2021 by Bitupan Boruah; one male (WII-ADR1213) collected from Ramsing (28.6563°N; 94.9795°E; eleva- tion 600 m a.s.l.), Mouling National Park, Upper Siang District on 27 October 2021 by Bitupan Boruah; one female (WII-ADR1199) collected from Syrnyup stream (28.5340°N; 95.0305°E; elevation 890 m a.s.l.), Jengging, Mouling National Park, Upper Siang District on 26 Oc- tober 2021 by Bitupan Boruah; two males (WII-ADR695 and WII-ADR696) and two females (WII-ADR697 and WII-ADR698) collected from Potin (27.3478°N, 93.8497°E, elevation 900 m a.s.l.), Lower Subansiri Dis- trict on 5 October 2019 by Bitupan Boruah; one female (WII-ADR3017) collected near Glaw lake (27.6960°N; 96.4456°E; elevation 1200 m a.s.l.), Kamlang Tiger Re- serve, Lohit District on 2 September 2022 by Abhijit Das, Bitupan Boruah and Naitik G. Patel; one male (WII- ADR1682) and one female (WII-ADR1681) collected from Ezengo (28.1565°N; 95.8638°E; elevation 560 m a.s.l.), Lower Dibang Valley District on 3 August 2022 By Bitupan Boruah; three females (WII-ADR453, WII- ADR454 and WII-ADR459) collected from Jengging ( 28.5499°N; 95.0537°E; elevation 760 m a.s.l.) by Abhijit Das on 5 October 2018; one female (WII-ADR478) and one male (WII-ADR473) collected from 6 km northwest to Pasighat (28.0945°N; 95.2682°E; elevation 410 m a.s.l.) by Abhijit Das on 2 October 2018. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (911 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in Cayu County. 
References
  • AGARWAL, ISHAN; STEPHEN MAHONY, VARAD B. GIRI, R. CHAITANYA, AARON M. BAUER 2018. Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4524 (5): 501–535 - get paper here
  • AGARWAL, ISHAN; STEPHEN MAHONY, VARAD B. GIRI, R. CHAITANYA, AARON M. BAUER 2018. Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region. Zootaxa 4420 (3): 334-356 - 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
  • Li, Pi-Peng 2007. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES OF CYRTODACTYLUS KHASIENSIS FROM CHINA. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 2007 32 (3)
  • Mirza, Z. A., Bhosale, H., Ansari, F., Phansalkar, P., Sawant, M., Gowande, G., & Patel, H. 2021. A new species of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Evolutionary Systematics, 5: 13 - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
 
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