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Cyrtodactylus relictus AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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SynonymCyrtodactylus relictus AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2023 
DistributionIndia (Andhra Pradesh)

Type locality: near Ubbalamadagu waterfalls, Kambakkam Durg (13.6100°N, 79.8431°E; ca. 120 m asl.), Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-1274 (CES09/1472), adult male, collected by Ishan Agarwal and team on 18th March 2014.
Paratypes. NRC-AA-1275 (CES09/1470), NRC-AA- 1276 (CES09/1471), adult females, from near Pencha- lakona (14.3266°N, 79.4219°E; ca. 170 m asl.), Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India, collected by Ishan Agar- wal and team on 17th March 2014. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A small-sized Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella), snout to vent length up to 53 mm (n = 3); tail shorter than SVL. Dorsal pholidosis on trunk homogeneous; covered with smooth, subcircular, weakly conical granular scales; scales on occiput and nape slightly smaller and rounded than those on body dorsum, scales on flank slightly larger than those on dorsum; ventral scales much larger than scales on dorsum, smooth, subcircular, subimbricate, subequal from chest to vent; absence of femoral and precloacal pores; absence of enlarged precloacal or femoral scales, no precloacal groove; four pairs of dark rounded spots from occiput to hindlimb insertions, spots rarely just in contact along mid-vertebral line; post-occipital collar broken into a pair of spots (1/3) or forming a U-shaped band (2/3). (Agarwal et al. 2023)


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  • Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A 2023. Two new spotted species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex from the south-eastern coast of India (Reptilia: Squamata). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 475-498 - get paper here
 
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