Cyrtodactylus kazirangaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER, 2018
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Cyrtodactylus kazirangaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018 |
Distribution | India (Assam) Type locality: near Hatikhuli Tea Estate, Golaghat district, Assam state, India (26.57810°N, 93.40701°E, 100 m asl) |
Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype. BNHS 2148, adult male, field number CES09/1137) collected by Ishan Agarwal on 11 November 2009. Paratypes. Adult males (BNHS 2147, BNHS 2149) bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus kazirangaensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its moderate body size (SVL to at least 80.0 mm); 11 or 12 supralabials; 9–11 infralabials; 22 or 23 longitudinal rows of rounded, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles not extending beyond first segment of tail; 36–38 paravertebral tubercles; 37–43 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; 10 or 11 precloacal pores and no femoral pores in males; 14–19 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation of original tail without enlarged plates; dorsal pattern composed of six or seven irregular light and dark crossbars; tail with alternating dark and light bands. Additional details (1162 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | The specific epithet is a toponym for Kaziranga National Park, which is adjacent to the type locality. Kaziranga, a World Heritage Site, is best known for having most of the world’s surviving Indian one-horned rhinoceros, though it has high biodiversity across taxonomic groups. |
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