Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis BHARDWAJ, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA & MIRZA, 2025
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Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis BHARDWAJ,$, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA & MIRZA 2025: 207 |
| Distribution | India (Jammu and Kashmir) Type locality: rocky outcrops near Balda, Reasi District, Jammu and Kashmir, India (33.129611° N, 74.830222° E, elevation 1185m asl). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: adult male BNHS 3341, collected by Virender K. Bhardwaj and Zeeshan A. Mirza, 8 May 2024. Paratypes (n=3): two adult males BNHS 3342-3343 and an adult female BNHS 3344 collected from the same locality and date by Atish Gawai, Kunal Purandare and Sunil Katal. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Cyrtodactylus with SVL range 58–72.2 mm. Supralabials 9–11 and 8–10 IL, 40–43 MVSR in males, 30 in the sole female. Dorsal scales heterogeneous, granular scales intermixed with 14–16 rows of feebly keeled dorsal tubercles. Paravertebral tubercles 22–32. Precloacal pores 6 in males, 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 in males (8–10 PcP in C. battalensis, 5 in C. chamba, 9–10 in C. dattanensis, (Khan, 1980), 4 in C. tibetanus and C. zhaoermii); dorsal scales heterogeneous with keeled conical tubercles in 14–16 rows, 10 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), dorsum with three broad bands between the forelimb and hindlimb insertions (versus 5–6 in C. chamba, C. lawderanus, C. himalayanus), HW/HL 0.60–0.68 (versus 0.67–0.71 in C. chamba, 0.71–0.76 in C. himalayanus). (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 7406 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | named after the Shivalik Hills, which form the outer fringe of the Himalayas, from where the new species was collected. |
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