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Cyrtodactylus karsticolus PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, DECEMSON, MUANSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI & RATHEE, 2021

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus karsticola PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, DECEMSON, MUANSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI & RATHEE 2021 
DistributionIndia (Meghalaya)

Type locality: Siju village in the South Garo Hills District of the state of Meghalaya, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: Adult male ([MZMU2155]; Figs. 3), from nearby a dirt road connecting National Highway 217 with the west bank of the Simsang River (25.355763°N, 90.690746°E; elevation 100 m a.s.l.), outskirts of Siju village, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya state, northeast India, collected on 21 November 2020 by Yashpal Singh Rathee, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Sanath C. Bohra and Suraj Chauhan.
Paratypes: Two adult males (MZMU2154, MZMU2156), one adult female (MZMU2153) same collection details as holotype

 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus karsticola sp. nov. is a moderate-sized gecko (adult SVL 63.7–70.7 mm); 10–11 supralabials; 9–10 infralabials; dorsal tubercles are rounded, bluntly conical and feebly keeled throughout, and are in 21–24 longitudinal rows; 34–39 paravertebral tubercles between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin;35–39 mid-ventral scale rows; 34–38 precloacofemoral pores in males; scales posteriorly bordering the pore-bearing scale series are up to twice the size of pore-bearing scales; 13 pit bearing scales in precloacal series in females; 15–18 subdigital lamellae under IV toe; no single row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; dorsal markings are dark brown, irregular and distinct, somewhat parallel to each other and bordered by light body bands; tail with alternating dark and light bands. (Purkayastha et al. 2021).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet karsticola, is derived from the German noun “Karst” referring to a limestone landscape, and Latin suffix -cola meaning inhabitant of/dwelling in, with reference to the limestone cave habitat ofthe species. 
References
  • Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. & Uetz, P. 2022. A dictionary of abbreviations used in reptile descriptions. Zootaxa 5219 (5): 421–432 - get paper here
  • PURKAYASTHA, J., LALREMSANGA, H. T., BOHRA, S. C., BIAKZUALA, L., DECEMSON, H., MUANSANGA, L., VABEIRYUREILAI,M., Chauhan,S & RATHEE, Y. S. 2021. Four new Bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus Gray: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4980 (3): 451-489 - get paper here
 
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