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

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus bengkhuaiai PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA, BOHRA, BIAKZUALA, DECEMSON, MUANSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI & RATHEE 2021 
DistributionIndia (Mizoram)

Type locality: Sailam Community Reserved Forest in the Aizawl District of the state of Mizoram, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MZMU1989, Adult male, from Sailam Community Reserved Forest (23.342758°N, 92.800058°E; elevation 1372 m asl.), outskirts of Sailam village, Aizawl District, Mizoram state, northeast India, collected on 14 October 2020 by Lal Muansanga, Ht Decemson, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, and Fanai Malsawmdawngliana.
Paratypes: Two adult males (MZMU1987; Figs. 5b, 7a; MZMU1990), three adult females (MZMU1985; MZMU1986; MZMU1988), same collection details as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus bengkhuaiai sp. nov. is a moderate-sized gecko (adult SVL 54.9–72.5mm); 9–11 supralabials; 7–11 infralabials; dorsal tubercles are rounded, conical to weakly keeled and are in 22–26 longitudinal rows; 35–41 paravertebral tubercles; 37–42 mid-ventral scale rows; 5–7 precloacal pores in males; 15–19 subdigital lamellae under toe IV; no single row of transversely enlarged subcaudal scales; 7–9 pairs of dark brown blotches on the dorsum of the body (Purkayastha et al. 2021).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet bengkhuaiai is an eponym honouring Bengkhuaia (~1830–1879), the Mizo chief of Sailam village, one of the most formidable chiefdoms. 
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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