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

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus agarwali 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 (MZMU2160; Fig. 5), from nearby National Highway 217 (25.358962°N, 90.664637°E; elevation 270 m asl.), outskirts of Siju village, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya state, northeast India, collected on 22 November 2020 by Yashpal Singh Rathee, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Sanath C. Bohra and Suraj Chauhan.
Paratypes: Three adult males (MZMU2157; MZMU2159; MZMU2161), one sub-adult male (MZMU2158), same collection details as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus agarwali sp. nov. is a moderate-sized gecko (adult SVL 56.4–71.8 mm); 9–12 supralabials; 8–10 infralabials; dorsal tubercles are rounded, conical to weakly keeled and are in 21–25 longitudinal rows;34–38 paravertebral tubercles; 32–39 mid-ventral scale rows; 11–18 precloacal pores in males; 15–19 subdigital lamellae under toe IV; no single row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; 8–9 pairs of dark brown blotches on the dorsum of the body; original tail with 14 alternating dark and light bands (Purkayastha et al. 2021).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet agarwali is an eponym honouring Ishan Agarwal for his extensive and ongoing contributions in the field of systematics and taxonomy of Indian lizards, particularly geckos. The name is masculineand formed in the genitive case. 
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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