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Cyrtodactylus vairengtensis LALREMSANGA, COLNEY, VABEIRYUREILAI, MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA,<br>DAS & PURKAYASTHA, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Vairengte bent-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus vairengtensis LALREMSANGA, COLNEY, VABEIRYUREILAI, MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA,
DAS & PURKAYASTHA 2023: 561 
DistributionIndia (Mizoram)

Type locality: jointed weathered siltstone bed along a public link road (24.501111°N; 92.762222° E; elevation 230 m a.s.l.), in the backyard of UPC-NEI church building, Hall Veng, Vairengte, Kolasib District, Mizoram, north-east India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MZMU 2903, Adult male (Fig. 3 in Lalremsanga et al. 2023), collected on 5 June 2022 by Zosiamliana Colney and Joseph Vanlalhriata.
Paratypes: One adult male (MZMU2904) and one female (MZMU2905), same collection details as holotype. Two adult males (MZMU2901, MZMU2902) collected from a rocky wall covered by vegetation along Aitlang road (24.495556 °N; 92.757500 °E; elevation 168 m a.s.l.), Field Veng, Vairengte, Kolasib District, Mizoram, north-east India on 5 June 2022 by Zosiamliana Colney, H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga and Joseph Vanlalhriata and two adult females (MZMU2626, MZMU2742) collected along a narrow public slope stone steps walkway (24.501111 °N; 92.762222°E;elevation230ma.s.l.),HallVeng,Vairengte,KolasibDistrict,Mizoram,northeastIndiabyZosiamliana Colney, C. Lalfamkima, Alfred Lalsanglura and Joseph Vanlalhriata on 12 November 2021 and 2 April 2022. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Vairengte town, Kolasib District of the state of Mizoram from where the type series were collected. 
References
  • LALREMSANGA, HMAR TLAWMTE; ZOSIAMLIANA COLNEY, MATHIPI VABEIRYUREILAI, FANAI MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA, SANATH CHANDRA BOHRA, LAL BIAKZUALA, LAL MUANSANGA, MADHURIMA DAS, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA 2023. It‘s all in the name: Another new Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Mizoram, North-east India. Zootaxa 5369: 553-575 - get paper here
 
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