Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, PRASAD NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, TILLACK, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Chitwan bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, PRASAD NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, TILLACK, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT 2025: 418 |
| Distribution | Nepal (Gandaki) Type locality: Bandipur (27.9356°N, 84.4143°E; ca. 1050 m asl.), Tanahun District, Gandaki Province, Nepal |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NHM 2023/376 (SB052), adult male; collected by Santosh Bhattarai 7th July 2024. Paratypes. NHM 2023/362 (SB024) and NHM 2023/363 (SB025), adult females, from Kabilas (27.7879°N, 84.4999°E; ca. 980 m asl.), Chitwan District, Bagmati Province, Nepal; collected by Santosh Bhattarai 23rd September 2023; NHM 2023/364 (SB026), NHM 2023/365 (SB027), and NHM 2023/366 (SB028), adult females, same collection data as holotype except collected on 21st September 2023; NHM 2023/377 (SB053), adult male, and NHM 2023/378 (SB054), subadult male, same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus, snout to vent length up to 86.3 mm (n=8). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth granular scales intermixed with fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, feebly keeled, weakly pointed tubercles; a ventrolateral fold of skin present on lower flank; 18–20 (rarely 17, n=1/8) rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 31–36 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, and subimbricate with rounded end; 40–43 scales across belly at midbody, 63–75 longitudinal ventral scales between axilla to groin, 156–183 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, entire; 15–18 lamellae under digit I of manus and 15–17 under digit I of pes, 18–20 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 23–26 (rarely 22, n=1/8) lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of 28–32 precloacal-femoral pores and 32 or 33 enlarged precloacal-femoral scales on pore bearing scale row (n=3); females without pores but having 17–29 pitted scales, 30–33 enlarged precloacal-femoral scales on pit bearing scale row (n=3); scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum homogeneous; composed of fairly regularly arranged, smooth, subcircular, flattened, and subimbricate scales that are larger than granular scales on midbody dorsum, gradually becoming larger posteriorly and dorsolaterally; a few scattered enlarged tubercles present on the tail base; subcaudal scalation of original tail with median series of smooth, slightly enlarged plates of which a few are divided on anterior half of tail; dorsal pattern of seven or eight paired blotches or irregular dark bands from neck to tail base and one on occiput, original tail with 9–11 alternating dark and lighter bands. Additional details (3934 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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