Cyrtodactylus martinstolli (DAREVSKY, HELFENBERGER, ORLOV & SHAH, 1998)
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Cyrtodactylus martinstolli
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ilam bent-toed gecko, Barred gecko E: Striped gecko [markuscombaii] |
| Synonym | Gonydactylus martinstolli DAREVSKY, HELFENBERGER, ORLOV & SHAH 1998: 89 Gonydactylus markuscombaii DAREVSKY, HELFENBERGER, ORLOV & SHAH 1998: 91 Cyrtodactylus martinstollii — DAREVSKY et al. 1997 Gymnodactylus martinstollii — DAREVSKY et al. 1997 Cyrtopodion martinstolli — RÖSLER 2000: 74 Cyrtopodion markuscombaii — RÖSLER 2000: 74 Siwaligekko markuscombaii — KHAN 2003 Siwaligekko martinstolli — KHAN 2003 Cyrtodactylus martinstollii — MAHONY et al. 2009 Cyrtodactylus marcuscombaii — MAHONY et al. 2009 Cyrtodactylus martinstollii — BHATTARAI et al. 2025: 409 |
| Distribution | Nepal (only known from type locality) Type locality: road between Ilam town and Pawakhola village, 1200-1300 m elevation, Ilam distr. Mecha Prov., E Nepal (Ilam: 26°54'54''N, 87°55'48''E; Pawakhola: 26°58'33''N, 87°54'39''E) markuscombaii (invalid): E Nepal (Mechi), (only known from type locality); Type locality: road between Ilam town and Pawakhola village, 1200-1300 m elevation), Ilam distr. Mecha Prov., E Nepal (Ilam: 26°54'54''N, 87°55'48''E; Pawakhola: 26°58'33''N, 87°54'39''E). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MHNG 2590.09; paratypes: MHNG (23): 2590.10 – 13; 2590.14 – 20; 2590.21 – 33; ZISP 20685 Holotype: MHNG 2590.35, adult male; paratype: ZISP 20685 [markuscombaii] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (Tables 2 & 3). A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus, snout to vent length up to 80.4 mm (n=7). 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; 19–23 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 30–37 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular, and subimbricate with rounded end; 35–40 scales across belly at midbody, 84–91 longitudinal scales between axilla to groin, 184–196 longitudinal scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, and mostly entire; 14 or 15 lamellae under digit I of manus and pes, 18–20 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 19–22 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of seven or eight precloacal pores and 9–12 enlarged precloacal scales on pore bearing scale row (n=3); female without pores but having eight or nine pitted scales, and 8–10 enlarged precloacal scales on pit bearing scale row (n=4); 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 with 8–11 dark bands, original tail with 10–12 alternating dark and lighter bands. (Bhattarai et al. 2025) Additional details (3278 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Authorship: note that one of the authors was misspelled on the original paper as “Helfeberger” instead of Helfenberger. Synonymy: Gonydactylus KUHL & VAN HASSELT 1822 is a nomen nudum. Bhattarai et al. 2025 synonymized C. markuscombai with C. martinstolli. RDB speciesID: 13051 [markuscombaii] Etymology: C. markuscombaii was named after Markus Comba (b.1956), a Swiss antiquarian book-seller and book-restorer, who is also a naturalist. He supported several expeditions to Central Asia and to Nepal. |
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