Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, PRASAD NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, TILLACK, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: ACAP bent-toed gecko |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis BHATTARAI, GAUTAM, PRASAD NEUPANE, KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, AGARWAL, TILLACK, OLSON, HOGAN & WRIGHT 2025: 428 Cyrtopodion martinstollii — SCHLEICH & KÄSTLE 2002: 416, fig. 195 [depicts ZMB 57898, paratype of C. annapurnaensis sp. nov. from Birethanti] Cyrtodactylus sp. — TILLACK & GROSSMANN 2001: 4 (Naudanda population) Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtopodion?) spec. — SCHLEICH & KÄSTLE 2002: 1058 (Naudanda population) |
| Distribution | Nepal (Gandaki) Type locality: Lwang (28.3295°N, 83.8728°E; ca. 1450 m asl.), Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NHM 2023/367 (SB029), adult male; collected by Santosh Bhattarai on 15th September 2023. Paratypes. NHM 2023/368 (SB030) and NHM 2023/369 (SB031), adult females, NHM 2023/370 (SB032) adult male, same collection data as the holotype. ZMB 57898, adult male, from Birethanti (28.310833°N, 83.773056°E; ca. 1050 m asl.), Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal, collected by F. Tillack, M. Lorenz, and W. Eckert on 10th July 1997; ZMB 61691 (field no. 6670), adult male, from 1 km east of Naudanda (28.135833°N, 83.8625°E; ca. 1450 m asl.), Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal, collected by F. Tillack and W. Eckert on 12th July 1998; ZMB 61692–61694 (field nos. 6671–6673) adult females, from the eastern outskirts of Naudanda (28.283333°N, 83.870277°E, ca. 1430 m asl.), Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal, collected by F. Tillack and W. Eckert from 13–19th July 1998. Other material. ZMB 61695 (field no. 6674), juvenile, from the eastern outskirts of Naudanda (28.283333°N, 83.870277°E, ca. 1430 m asl.), Kaski District, Gandaki Province, Nepal, collected by F. Tillack, W. Großmann, and P. Tillack on 13th July 1999. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately small-sized Cyrtodactylus, snout to vent length up to 63.9 mm (n=9). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth granular scales intermixed with fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, feebly keeled to smooth, weakly pointed tubercles; a ventrolateral fold of skin present on lower flank; 18–20 (rarely 21, n=1/9) rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 28–35 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, and subimbricate with rounded end; 32–35 scales across belly at midbody, 84–91 longitudinal scales between axilla to groin, 179–195 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 11–13 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11–14 under digit I of pes, 16–18 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 17–23 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of three or four precloacal pores and 8–10 enlarged precloacal scales on pore bearing scale row (n=4); female without pores but having three pitted scales, and nine or 10 enlarged precloacal scales on pit bearing scale row (n=5); 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 scales in median series smooth, variable in size and shape, and not enlarged; variegated dorsal pattern, original tail with 9–11 alternating dark and lighter bands. (Bhattarai et al. 2025) Additional details (3255 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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