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

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus montanus AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018 
DistributionIndia (Tripura, Mizoram)

Type locality: near Phuldungsei village in the southern Jampui Hills, Kanchanpur subdivision, North Tripura district, Tripura state, India (23.82257°N, 92.26034°E, 850 m asl)  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 2235, adult female, field number CES09/1215), collected by Tarun Khichi, N.P.I. Das, Aniruddha Datta-Roy and Ishan Agarwal on 3 November 2010. Paratypes. Adult males (BNHS 2232–2234) and an adult female (BNHS 2231), bear the same collection data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus montanus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its moderate body size (SVL to at least 78.2 mm); eight or 10 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; 21–23 longitudinal rows of rounded, conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles extending posteriorly to at least third tail segment; 37–43 paravertebral tubercles; 21–23 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; 8–10 precloacal pores in males, no femoral pores; a row of enlarged scales posterior to precloacal pore-bearing scales, slightly larger than pore- bearing scales; 13–18 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation lacking enlarged median plates; dorsal colour pattern of thick dark reticulations enclosing lighter blotches; tail with alternating dark and lighter bands.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a nominative, masculine, singular, Latin adjective meaning “pertaining to a mountain” as this species is a member of the mountain clade, and is restricted to a mountainous region in northwestern Tripura. 
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
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
  • Malsawmdawngliana, B. Boruah, N.G. Patel, S. Lalronunga, I. Zosangliana, K. Lalhmangaiha & A. Das 2022. An updated checklist of reptiles from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India, with sixteen new distribution records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(10): 21946–21960 - get paper here
  • Muansanga, Lal; Ht Decemson, Lal Biakzuala, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, H.T. Lalremsanga, Madhurima Das, Jayaditya Purkayastha 2020. First Record of the Jampui Bent-toed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus montanus Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya, and Bauer 2018 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Mizoram, India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 267-268 - 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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