Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER, 2018
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Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis AGARWAL, MAHONY, GIRI, CHAITANYA & BAUER 2018 Cyrtodactylus jaintianensis — OSTROWSKI et al. 2020 (in error) |
| Distribution | India (Meghalaya) Type locality: vicinity of Tyrshi Falls near Jowai town, West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya state, India (25.46956°N, 92.18313°E, 1350 m asl) |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2248, adult female, field number CES09/1228), collected by Tarun Khichi, Aniruddha Datta-Roy and Ishan Agarwal on 15 November 2010. Paratypes. Adult males (BNHS 2246 & BNHS 2247), bear the same collection data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by its large body size (SVL to at least 96.2 mm); eight or nine supralabials; nine or 10 infralabials; 19 or 20 longitudinal rows of rounded, conical, feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; tubercles extending to third tail segment; 30–34 paravertebral tubercles; 40–42 ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; 11 or 12 precloacal pores on males and females, no femoral pores; a row of enlarged scales posterior to precloacal pore-bearing scales, slightly larger than pore-bearing scales; 15–18 total subdigital lamellae beneath toe IV of pes; subcaudal scalation of original tail without enlarged subcaudals; dorsal pattern of indistinct light and dark blotches; tail with alternating dark and lighter bands. |
| Comment | Habitat: The geckos were spotted at night by eye-shine on vertical rock faces. The landscape is made up of patches of forest in an agricultural matrix. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a toponym named after the type locality of the new species in the Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya. |
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