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Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER, 2018

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus jaintiaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018
Cyrtodactylus jaintianensis — OSTROWSKI et al. 2020 (in error) 
DistributionIndia (Meghalaya)

Type locality: vicinity of Tyrshi Falls near Jowai town, West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya state, India (25.46956°N, 92.18313°E, 1350 m asl)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 2248, adult female, field number CES09/1228), collected by Tarun Khichi, Aniruddha Datta-Roy and Ishan Agarwal on 15 November 2010. Paratypes. Adult males (BNHS 2246 & BNHS 2247), bear the same collection data as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its large body size (SVL to at least 96.2 mm); eight or nine supralabials; nine or 10 infralabials; 19 or 20 longitudinal rows of rounded, conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles extending to third tail segment; 30–34 paravertebral tubercles; 40–42 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; 11 or 12 precloacal pores on males and females, no femoral pores; a row of enlarged scales posterior to precloacal pore-bearing scales, slightly larger than pore-bearing scales; 15–18 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation of original tail without enlarged subcaudals; dorsal pattern of indistinct light and dark blotches; tail with alternating dark and lighter bands.


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CommentHabitat: The geckos were spotted at night by eye-shine on vertical rock faces. The landscape is made up of patches of forest in an agricultural matrix. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a toponym named after the type locality of the new species in the Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya. 
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
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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