Cyrtodactylus himachalensis BHARDWAJ, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA & MIRZA, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus himachalensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus himachalensis BHARDWAJ, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA & MIRZA 2025: 214 |
| Distribution | India (Himachal Pradesh) Type locality: Khanyara, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India (32.199167° N, 76.376194° E, elevation 1331m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: adult male BNHS 3345, collected by Virender K. Bhardwaj and Zeeshan A. Mirza on 18 May 2024. Paratypes (n=3): two adult females BNHS 3347 & BNHS 3353 and an adult male BNHS 3346 collected from the same locality and date by Kunal Purandare, Virender K. Bhardwaj and Zeeshan A. Mirza. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus with SVL range 42.4–57.2 mm. Supralabials 9–11 and 7–9 IL, 35–39 MVSR. Dorsal scales heterogeneous, granular scales intermixed with 16–17 rows of feebly keeled dorsal tubercles. Paravertebral tubercles 36–41. Precloacal pores 6–8 separated by a single non-pored scale in males (3 or 4 on each side of the poreless scale); pores absent in females. Femoral pores absent in males as well as females. Dorsum with three broad bands between the forelimb and hindlimb insertions. The new species is here compared with members of the C. lawderanus group for non-overlapping characters that may be used for diagnosing the new species: PcP 6–8 in males separated by a single non-pored scale (8–10 PcP in C. battalensis in a continuous series, 5 in C. chamba in a continuous series, 9–10 in C. dattanensis in a continuous series, 4 in C. tibetanus and C. zhaoermii in a continuous series, 6 in C. shivalikensis sp. nov. in a continuous series), dorsal scales heterogeneous with keeled subconical tubercles in 16–17 rows, 7–8 granular scales around each tubercle (versus homogeneous in C. chamba, 11–15 tubercle rows with flattened tubercles surrounded by 7–8 granular scales in C. lawderanus). (Bhardwaj et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6621 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | named after the word ‘Himachal’, which refers to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where it was collected and where the type locality is. |
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