plazi/treatments-xml
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Releases Activity

Add updates up until 2024-07-29 14:56:04

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
ggserver 2024-07-29 15:02:10 +00:00
parent 98753aaf35
commit 5a6ce26c61
32 changed files with 13149 additions and 0 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

544
data/0F/6F/61/0F6F61B9C7765FC09DEBF74295D25A34.xml Normal file
View file

@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
<document id="CC6CBA273640B6E055BCBA4DE07C34A8" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e124752" ID-ZooBank="154CE236-EFA8-4411-834B-234A9B45A63F" ID-publisher-id="124752" URI-arpha="EA0088AE-2D74-569C-900B-1A82CA6D5784" URI-zoobank="http://zoobank.org/154CE236-EFA8-4411-834B-234A9B45A63F" article-type="research-article" checkinTime="1722264855187" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Boruah, Bitupan, Narayanan, Surya, Aravind, Neelavar Ananthram, Lalronunga, Samuel, Deepak, V. &amp; Das, Abhijit" docDate="2024" docId="0F6F61B9C7765FC09DEBF74295D25A34" docLanguage="en" docName="Vertebrate Zoology 74: 453-486" docOrigin="Vertebrate Zoology 74" docSource="https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/124752/download/xml/" docStyle="DocumentStyle:PensoftTaxPub.0000.journal_article.generic" docStyleName="PensoftTaxPub.0000.journal_article.generic" docTitle="Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis Boruah, Narayanan, Lalronunga, Deepak &amp; Das 2024, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="D04AF555-89A2-467F-B5CE-419328F6934F" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="2" dtd-version="3.0" lastPageNumber="486" masterDocId="EA0088AE2D74569C900B1A82CA6D5784" masterDocTitle="Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India" masterLastPageNumber="486" masterPageNumber="453" pageNumber="453" updateTime="1722265289716" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:mods id="C01F31CDB3319D868CDB084895776657" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="A9D81C9CB17A25D98168E02AD9E5D81E">
<mods:title id="E3CCBD0BCD2680B548ECC63AA20C3A90">Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="FCD497057D493369A4B4E3063DD17F9F" type="personal">
<mods:role id="475252819CC20D67745ECD493ACB26CD">
<mods:roleTerm id="BA0893FDCBD4476784183B7DEF887D3C">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="FB7C3C30DCFDE1F50546B5764F6ACB39">Boruah, Bitupan</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="14C6E07EB3424BDCE991842E6D5D4556" type="ORCID">0000-0001-8829-6069</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="50CB50C3DA532E2BA48614EED9E7807D">Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="9D3C2A640B1478D56C3EA4775751F980" type="personal">
<mods:role id="5AF0CBDBC18F7017EDBB4DE034F5FA1C">
<mods:roleTerm id="EB6577140347882A8DEF884200E9C669">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="717C1456777B51F9BCA6B57C258B872D">Narayanan, Surya</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="2BC3D29AFCD398CE92B3A38676B4D69D" type="ORCID">0000-0001-9359-2815</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="86DAD57CFA74163DF124C936A8952E66">SM Sehgal Foundation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore, Karnataka 560064, India</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="86D33C34C491CEB79B6996772872B71E" type="personal">
<mods:role id="6E8910308EDD3E8F529C672ED5D22277">
<mods:roleTerm id="9C5415599182FC5CCC5D8775A8DA4AC6">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="6BA10908377E5B007BFE3ED568CD4BC2">Aravind, Neelavar Ananthram</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="8B4398316781E2C288E007A5340CA98B" type="ORCID">0000-0002-4515-8421</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="A09338603AC22E40F940EEC2C0FBE45E">SM Sehgal Foundation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore, Karnataka 560064, India &amp; Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya University, Derlakatte, Mangalore, India</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="3FA51A7ABF4ED5230CE7973FEDA28889" type="personal">
<mods:role id="3936A161B5D993EAFF5D84BE6A026374">
<mods:roleTerm id="FF1021F09507CD22EDB01E96076507EC">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="680F34F87EC0D5E967DC54FF7D2334ED">Lalronunga, Samuel</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="6CFA8F1A3E003C9A4A6AF0D041A903A7" type="ORCID">0000-0002-7542-4815</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="8FE425C3D62D5DECD8DA5DA16CBEFA74">Holy Child Society, Nalkata, Tripura 799263, India</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="7FCB6394A6FE29FCB5E02D50764743FF" type="personal">
<mods:role id="329351F7AA5BEFF14297AB430B0C52CF">
<mods:roleTerm id="1FB6E8C8DBDC6444222794D81F452AF1">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="7E26282E6BC1DADF1B8773EADCED6487">Deepak, V.</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="684F3C20F98FDB815755275C0A18BB5F" type="ORCID">0000-0002-8826-9367</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="9130AC36B4A7CC3D03EBDD0909E0A8E8">Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK &amp; School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE 1 7 RU, UK</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="C5EF85AAEB8B6AEFBE351F8CA88F1720" type="personal">
<mods:role id="CF7280CB449E33F5B9E4A1C77A23B457">
<mods:roleTerm id="67D25E2B9595A1A788042111B05FD0DA">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="DFBA1B4D10E7652F87170E75F3EEF8F2">Das, Abhijit</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="C00029AE4AF356E57C32AE78FA5AAEB2" type="ORCID">0000-0002-5851-8457</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="2C11865E6AAEE13D90CB063648DDC091">Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="09F86B83B40016E0F5243BDFD242BAD0">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="FD2258827C35799DB39007E0E471DB12" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="111C58AF8323B530D4FB73442842BEBD">
<mods:title id="89F0C3A99DE03613D368670C4CC3BDFD">Vertebrate Zoology</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="AFE62DD89A3291D87B607F99550E8689">
<mods:date id="94C5E2B0441F2BCCC9742E5E664E1279">2024</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="C0DC0D9E812D5DCE0555737E61A388D1" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="6E6FA9D88749B2A1582760008BE9EE98">2024-07-29</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="7A4F6C6A4F676C2D600720BD03B1D091" type="volume">
<mods:number id="78BB1F30864BA568CEF9894CCBDA36F6">74</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="6DD44EB1680DDCEBF7A6F569BFA045CD" unit="page">
<mods:start id="8136BFEF25489A5846A6DEB4DB14E5AD">453</mods:start>
<mods:end id="A48CDEADAB122E2A0B42B3C1E144B211">486</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="8D3037C8E91840849EE454D48F983398">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="91261E89FB86011DEEA619C03C271DBD" type="DOI">10.3897/vz.74.e124752</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="F006CF2EF0A64F67A6AB6BC1F2F8E0F2" type="ZooBank">154CE236-EFA8-4411-834B-234A9B45A63F</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="0F6F61B9C7765FC09DEBF74295D25A34" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13124031" ID-Zenodo-Dep="13124031" ID-arpha="0F6F61B9-C776-5FC0-9DEB-F74295D25A34" ID-zoobank="https://zoobank.org/D04AF555-89A2-467F-B5CE-419328F6934F" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D04AF555-89A2-467F-B5CE-419328F6934F" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D04AF555-89A2-467F-B5CE-419328F6934F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0F6F61B9C7765FC09DEBF74295D25A34">
<subSubSection id="10200B5998F80FD13D200FC30F5A6B79" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="814F80E9B375D3E010EE6775E59D6AA8">
<taxonomicName id="A4E3A8BEB97759E4286C0B6C4F1F44DD" authority="Boruah, Narayanan, Lalronunga, Deepak &amp; Das" authorityName="Boruah, Narayanan, Lalronunga, Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="265C304D67170542C8B657412DD89A3E" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
Boruah, Narayanan, Lalronunga, Deepak &amp; Das
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="49ACD2263E35921568EF1AD12DB228AF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9A60711384BFF5675C0252B6242B4F75" type="description">
<paragraph id="C03CE186CF8707804F626824A8B7EE80">
<figureCitation id="6F59AE6383E3AC01AB99D8705DDB983B" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis sp. nov. A – J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), A dorsal and B ventral view of the whole body; C dorsal, D ventral, and E lateral view of head; F dorsal tubercles on trunk; G ventral view of right manus, and H right pes, I precloacofemoral pores; J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), and K paratype (WII-ADR 991) in life. Scale bar: 10 mm. J, K not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102273">Figure 7</figureCitation>
;
<tableCitation id="347830FDAAC71F101154C147085F744C" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Comparative table of summary morphological characteristics among the members of the khasiensis group including the seven new species. NA- data not available; “ * ” data from the literature is not comparable with our data as the count method is different." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4AAE94DC4D30D8EB1A84D336CC270F8B" tableUuid="4AAE94DC4D30D8EB1A84D336CC270F8B">Tables 2, S 2</tableCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E3ECK" type="Holotype">
<paragraph id="F4C4DBF561738995EEE9DD38DDF85F1B">
<heading id="2C2B771922F8569B4FC2B0E346E03373" reason="title">
<typeStatus id="2F6BDF7D330A577A14A219DE3A10865A" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D15C57331985C22210458AA9E9E7BFB4">
<materialsCitation id="A8F3783BDB43A7D62D7278323050A5EC" collectingDate="2021-09-08" collectorName="Abhijit Das" country="India" elevation="160" latitude="22.4906" location="Lawngtlai District" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="92.7575" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Mizoram" typeStatus="holotype">
Adult male (WII-ADR 1057; Fig.
<figureCitation id="4A916E0A813E2ECDEE3E557088B3D685" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis sp. nov. A – J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), A dorsal and B ventral view of the whole body; C dorsal, D ventral, and E lateral view of head; F dorsal tubercles on trunk; G ventral view of right manus, and H right pes, I precloacofemoral pores; J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), and K paratype (WII-ADR 991) in life. Scale bar: 10 mm. J, K not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102273">7 A – J</figureCitation>
), from Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary (
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0EJFCK" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[92.757500,22.490600]}">
<geoCoordinate id="7893EF7CF7BF8E0AFB7074458717647B" degrees="22.4906" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="22.4906">22.4906 ° N</geoCoordinate>
;
<geoCoordinate id="B99AA9B8F8D830BEFB37855ED3892783" degrees="92.7575" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="92.7575">92.7575 ° E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
;
<elevation id="DACE750CE532BCC2892D09FADEBA5208" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="160.0">
elevation
<quantity id="B72B4D2F6FDC9A80340AE080C8D37817" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="160.0">160 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
</elevation>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3880332778AFA36BFF0C2D1599353545" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Map showing geographic distribution of the clades within the khasiensis group. A type localities of the members of the four clades in the Indo-Burma region: 1 Cyrtodactylus septentrionalis, 2 C. guwahatiensis, 3 C. urbanus, 4 C. kazirangaensis, 5 C. siangensis sp. nov., 6 C. cayuensis, 7 C. namdaphaensis sp. nov., 8 C. bapme, 9 C. karsticola, 10 C. agarwali, 11 C. exercitus, 12 C. jaintiaensis, 13 C. khasiensis, 14 C. barailensis sp. nov., 15 C. nagalandensis, 16 C. kiphire sp. nov., 17 C. namtiram, 18 C. vairengtensis, 19 C. manipurensis sp. nov., 20 C. mombergi, 21 C. dianxiensis, 22 C. tripuraensis, 23 C. montanus, 24 C. aaronbaueri, 25 C. bengkhuaiai, 26 C. ngopensis, 27 C. lungleiensis, 28 C. ngengpuiensis sp. nov., 29 C. siahaensis, 30 C. gansi, 31 C. myaleiktaung, 32 C. brevidactylus, 33 C. aunglini, 34 C. chrysopylos, 35 C. ayeyarwadyensis; B cayuensis clade, green star (type locality of C. siangensis sp. nov.), pink star (type locality of C. cayuensis), pink triangle (C. “ arunachalensis ”), pink circle (C. cayuensis recorded in this study) (numbers correspond to the locality given in Table 1)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102269">3 A</figureCitation>
),
<location id="0A8B47636EBAE2F646C2471D0BF2A076" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0F6F61B9C7765FC09DEBF74295D25A34:0A8B47636EBAE2F646C2471D0BF2A076" country="India" latitude="22.4906" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="92.7575" name="Lawngtlai District" stateProvince="Mizoram">Lawngtlai District</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="6DE0706B502BEB3612B2264D3EAB2D49" country="India" name="Mizoram">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="B27BE8C1B29F9CE635CAFD7E1CD6FD7D" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
collected by
<collectorName id="705AC7EB4C2D6AB19BF6AE5D15D43CAD">Abhijit Das</collectorName>
, Bitupan Boruah and Samuel Lalronunga on
<date id="3D00617E7CC5BC18416A3E86A059A354" value="2021-09-08">
<collectingDate id="57133D6E2E9AA415808F49A46080C750" value="2021-09-08">8 September 2021</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<caption id="5303538D07AD17608EC264402B8EC947" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure7" ID-arpha="9669FBEA-04B2-5ECE-84FE-8B33822D2368" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102273" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="147C36DFB02262EA6FD4915211A8A994">
<label id="5693DE070D64C94DC88B1E40BD440A57">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E8AA3229F517BCD3FEB031AA46B700CA">
<taxonomicName id="6651003DF428FA2BE83846FE5633F419" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D17AF8DA9229721634129656A75FF77D" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60914E3BC8B73C3998CFE0054784515F" rank="species">
<emphasis id="48984A7A441878052D4818B8B6D9D536" bold="true">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="98DAC7B51925693A33E4D59C2CBB7F64" bold="true">A</emphasis>
–
<emphasis id="F3D90BE3D97EEBA3C8DEFF2E057C0839" bold="true">J</emphasis>
holotype (ADR-WII 1057),
<emphasis id="EFA8FE720FD4B406B075D5FEAC244BB2" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal and
<emphasis id="D7864A54964BCD14E4267B0005ECE3E1" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view of the whole body;
<emphasis id="A92822EFC8E1786B1A2AAC73C5059B79" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal,
<emphasis id="239D1BD81A24F6C0B9ED0A95AAA3018D" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral, and
<emphasis id="75F292161425A8574A37D6AECDF3AF83" bold="true">E</emphasis>
lateral view of head;
<emphasis id="0CC62A22112EEE2C24C4AD3F355B2F94" bold="true">F</emphasis>
dorsal tubercles on trunk;
<emphasis id="FB2B451271D41322223BB18861C3BB9C" bold="true">G</emphasis>
ventral view of right manus, and
<emphasis id="A287893FB115FE7FBF4902E11CE0B5D9" bold="true">H</emphasis>
right pes,
<emphasis id="DA0479C623A637DA3314FA8CE62398BA" bold="true">I</emphasis>
precloacofemoral pores;
<emphasis id="FBD5865EA2AE63B124C970E6D89E4F8F" bold="true">J</emphasis>
holotype (ADR-WII 1057), and
<emphasis id="84D05F05D82233A864CA7A4AAD4D2046" bold="true">K</emphasis>
paratype (WII-ADR 991) in life. Scale bar: 10 mm.
<emphasis id="F0CC3B570F73174CE5E012A84384D1BD" bold="true">J, K</emphasis>
not to scale.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EIHCK" type="Paratypes">
<paragraph id="B0BBD46E9AB8ADE694452243FA2D6F7F">
<heading id="86C242D3991DD180F6C04984926AAB34" reason="title">
<typeStatus id="ED108A0D59FF6DCD82571193318A5EF6" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D0CFD4E8796C3198E29114BFF63A9EB4">
<specimenCount id="8CAE3C4A05313DFD2FD3F763D9B9B4AB" count="2" type="adult">Two adult</specimenCount>
females (WII-ADR 991 and WII-ADR 1058) and
<specimenCount id="DC1BA10AF099CF6AC67745612ABB086D" count="1" type="subadult">one subadult</specimenCount>
female (WII-ADR 1059) collected from the same locality in Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary by the same team on
<date id="2F13415877074AE32BB76A4E4CE4F96F" value="2021-09-07" valueMax="2021-09-08" valueMin="2021-09-07">7 and 8 September 2021</date>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENHCK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="64392709E39D43C2AD45AF6E46EB2B47">
<heading id="8687EF43ABFCD37B89FF41F6928CB6DF" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D7F9B0EB31487A70E7D010A2AEE6D0F3">
Medium-sized gecko (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETHCK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
at least
<quantity id="7E142AB1EA6EBFD970C539D87AC72FA1" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.12" unit="mm" value="61.2">61.2 mm</quantity>
in adult male and
<quantity id="8804F53AF7A4CB78F15DD840572082CD" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.305" metricValueMax="7.409999999999999" metricValueMin="7.2" unit="mm" value="73.05" valueMax="74.1" valueMin="72.0">72–74.1 mm</quantity>
in adult females); 9–12 supralabials; 8–11 infralabials; 18–20 bluntly conical and feebly keeled dorsal tubercles; 29–34 paravertebral tubercles; 38 or 39 midventral scale rows between the weak ventrolateral folds; no precloacal groove; at least 27 precloacofemoral pores in continuous series in male and 10–16 small precloacal pores in females; short dark-brown bars between a pair of dorsolateral stripes or enlarged irregular dark-brown spots present on dorsum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXHCK" type="description">
<paragraph id="B09E451E770A929737C034433A210444">
<heading id="42107C89E15888DDB87D220637BF408D" reason="title">
Description of
<typeStatus id="A01CC01AB598B2AB52C51EE08BE88682" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E68392E6CB3DCA2E02DB49AAB00819D">
<typeStatus id="7BE14BD8D0836391338F3B2CC44214D5" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
well preserved except an incision below left axilla ventrolaterally. Snout-vent length
<quantity id="DE742026CB23345767DEEE5AD94D3237" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.12" unit="mm" value="61.2">61.2 mm</quantity>
. Head moderately large (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4HCK" xlink_title="head length from the retroarticular process of the jaw to the snout tip">HL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBICK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.27), dorsoventrally depressed, longer than width (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFICK" xlink_title="maximum head width">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJICK" xlink_title="head length from the retroarticular process of the jaw to the snout tip">HL</abbrev>
= 0.68), distinct from neck, broader at occipital region, snout tip rounded in both dorsal and lateral view, loreal region convex, canthus rostralis rounded, indistinct, interorbital space flat, a longitudinal furrow on dorsal surface of the snout, snout short (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENICK" xlink_title="distance between the snout tip and the anterior bony orbital border">SO</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERICK" xlink_title="head length from the retroarticular process of the jaw to the snout tip">HL</abbrev>
= 0.4), longer than orbit (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVICK" xlink_title="orbit diameter, taken between the anterior and posterior bony orbital borders">OD</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZICK" xlink_title="distance between the snout tip and the anterior bony orbital border">SO</abbrev>
= 0.66), nostril nearly rounded, opening directed posterolaterally, ear opening oval and oblique, scales on head heterogeneous, largest on snout and loreal region, posteriorly smaller in upper eyelid, interorbital space and occipital region, granular juxtaposed, scales on upper eyelids heterogeneous, supraciliaries outwardly sharp giving serrated appearance in dorsal view, size anterior and posterior end decreases, rostral wide, a short groove at the middle on top, rostral connected with nasals, supranasals, an internasal and first supralabials, two scales between the supranasals, larger than the rest of the granular snout scales, granular scales at parietal region and occipital region intermixed with slightly large rounded granular tubercles, dense in occipital and temporal region and size increases towards nape, nine supralabials on right and 10 on left side, size decreases towards angle of jaw, supralabials up to midorbit seven on right and eight on left side, a series of narrow and slightly elongated scales above the supralabials between nostril and anterior border of the orbit, mental as wide as rostral, triangular, connected with first infralabials, inner postmentals, nine infralabials on both side, size decreases towards angle of jaw, first infralabials connected with mental, second infralabial, inner and outer postmentals, inner pair of postmentals are larger than the outer postmentals, posterior margin of the inner postmentals bordered by seven granular scales of different size, two or three rows of enlarged scales along the infralabials starting below the outer postmentals, posteriorly size of those decreases, elongated and narrow, rest of the gular scales are small, granular juxtaposed, homogeneous, size increases towards the throat where they become imbricate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C72998EF1F101931AED19135662BB2D7">
Habitus slender (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6ICK" xlink_title="maximum body width">BW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDJCK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.17,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHJCK" xlink_title="trunk length, between the axilla and groin">TRL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELJCK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.41), dorsoventrally depressed, dorsal scales granular, rounded, heterogeneous, intermixed with rounded, weakly keeled and bluntly conical tubercles irregularly arranged, starting from occipital region to seventh segment of the tail, size increases towards posterior body, pronounced at sacrum and base of the tail, 18 dorsal tubercles across mid dorsum, 29 paravertebral tubercles, ventrolateral fold weak, ventral scales larger than those of dorsal, flat, smooth, cycloid subimbricate to imbricate, largest on belly, 39 mid-ventral scales between ventrolateral fold, 27 precloacal femoral (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPJCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
) pores in a continuous series (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BC567E89397E6A1887B5F0FAC366C14B" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis sp. nov. A – J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), A dorsal and B ventral view of the whole body; C dorsal, D ventral, and E lateral view of head; F dorsal tubercles on trunk; G ventral view of right manus, and H right pes, I precloacofemoral pores; J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), and K paratype (WII-ADR 991) in life. Scale bar: 10 mm. J, K not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102273">7 I</figureCitation>
), followed by eight unpored, large scales below the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXJCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
at the middle.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B86D497D2FC0D8F95721F4CE06B371FB">
Forelimbs and hindlimbs slender (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4JCK" xlink_title="forearm length, taken from the elbow to the wrist">FL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBKCK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.14,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFKCK" xlink_title="crus length, taken from the knee to the base of the foot">CL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJKCK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.19); digits strongly inflected at the joints, all bearing large recurved claw, enlarged subdigital lamellae; lamellae beneath digit IV of right and left manus (given as basal + distal) is 5 + 8 and 5 + 9 respectively; lamellae beneath digit IV of right and left pes (given as basal + distal) is 4 + 10 and 5 + 10 respectively; dorsal scales on forelimbs heterogeneous, granular juxtaposed; dorsal scales of hindlimbs heterogeneous, granular, intermixed with densely placed large, rounded and bluntly conical tubercles, scales on inner lateral side of the thighs near knee are subimbricate; ventral scales of forelimbs granular, juxtaposed, mostly homogeneous; scales on palm heterogeneous in shape and size, granular; scales on ventral side of hindlimbs nearly equal to those of belly, smooth, cycloid and subimbricate, but on the knee, above cloaca and on thigh below the level of precloacal pores are smaller and granular; scales on soles heterogeneous, granular, juxtaposed to subimbricate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB462813635B5A117B7BE25C48B57121">
Tail complete (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPKCK" xlink_title="tail length, from the cloaca to the tail tip">TL</abbrev>
=
<quantity id="7E555ECB2F78270717E3CB6555F79152" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" unit="mm" value="70.0">70 mm</quantity>
), slender, gradually tapering towards tip, segments indistinct, dorsal scales granular, juxtaposed, flat, smooth, heterogeneous in shape and size; enlarged feebly keeled scales up to eight segments of the tail, those on basal segment are pronounced; subcaudal scales smooth, subimbricate, wider than that of dorsal, heterogeneous in shape and size; no enlarged plate like series of subcaudal scales.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ETKCK" type="Colouration in life">
<paragraph id="FB8969DF48545DD09B8EEEE1859351DC">
<heading id="E60BAD34429CF930F972FBEB16E9A22F" reason="title">Colouration in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F8B1A10FC3C17A9D866822E99F8591F2">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="5A9A19FBEA8CFC79EEE68E2621E548D1" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis sp. nov. A – J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), A dorsal and B ventral view of the whole body; C dorsal, D ventral, and E lateral view of head; F dorsal tubercles on trunk; G ventral view of right manus, and H right pes, I precloacofemoral pores; J holotype (ADR-WII 1057), and K paratype (WII-ADR 991) in life. Scale bar: 10 mm. J, K not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102273">7 J</figureCitation>
. Top of head pale-brown with indistinct pale-cream coloured spots on anterior part, a few slightly dark-brown patches on upper eyelids, temporal and occipital region; supraciliary yellowish-brown; dark-brown postocular streak on each side which continues dorsolaterally along neck and trunk to tail base, on right side this stripe is disjunct; a pale-cream coloured steak on each side of the dark-brown post orbital streak; an indistinct brown stripe along loreal region and a pale-cream coloured streak above it; upper lip with irregular brown and pale-yellow spots; a pair of dark-brown stripe with irregular edge on neck interspaced by an elongated pale-cream coloured patch, posterior ends of these stripes are connected; an enlarged dark-brown spot at the middle of nape; a pair of narrow pale-cream coloured stripe on neck above the lateral dark-brown stripe running up to slightly behind the level of axilla; dorsum pale-brown with seven irregular shaped and sized, broad dark-brown cross bars, these bars posteriorly edged with narrow cream coloured patch, first two cross bars are shorter than the rests; a few enlarged whitish spots along lateral side of the trunk; dorsally limbs pale-brown intermixed with slightly darker spots and light patches; dorsally tail with alternating slightly dark-brown broad bands and narrow pale-cream coloured bands of irregular shape and size; spurs cream coloured; ventrally head and trunk whitish with pinkish tinge and scales with brown marbling; some scales above and below the cloaca are pale-yellow; tail with slightly dense brown marbling.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4KCK" type="Colouration in preservative">
<paragraph id="38DE13BF4B4CC56F529BFDDA8B03FCB0">
<heading id="F571B9B07FF75F62BC479A2904668BA2" reason="title">Colouration in preservative.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="979401C451FA1F5B01AF98CF624EB51D">Dorsal and ventral colour nearly the same as that of in life; dorsal markings visible as that of life condition.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ECLCK" type="Morphological variation">
<paragraph id="C343237C74443B02ABFE52015DAB2A80">
<heading id="85E32DA20D27329194DCCB423A924B25" reason="title">Morphological variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D32A4FDA796BA98BFC1E5A6BB0C320C">
Details of the variations in morphometric and meristic characters of the type series are provided in Table S 2. Apart from these dorsal markings among the
<typeStatus id="7BB7CC918C817442284EAB77A85A7A87" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
slightly varied. In the
<specimenCount id="3CF2D2A17A0896245BA9A60942906D33" count="2" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">two paratypes</specimenCount>
(WII-ADR 1058 and WII-ADR 1059), dorsal bands are broken mid dorsally giving the appearance of enlarged spots (Fig. S 2). Precloacal pores in female are smaller than that of male.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EHLCK" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="A20BBF2F3AB53BFBBC4334595342C133">
<heading id="79CB560E423B6431A0A41F676F9F7AA4" reason="title">Comparison.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A26ABB6C8AE3E218CB3315F346D3BC41">
<taxonomicName id="80D5D41447342ECAD88A1B1E8A10ACAF" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D7F613C4CC10D565765F4125B9D0BAF8" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C14A7CCF713F6F3876CE3F1E973916D2" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5F25D99D76E655FF4D67D16A49C15345" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be differentiated from the members of the
<taxonomicName id="A12D66F4C9732D3E16BF25225094FB15" baseAuthorityName="Jerdon" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khasiensis">
<emphasis id="46F8E6D1419F55CD578F773F0F40C3EE" italics="true">C. khasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade (except
<taxonomicName id="073645CD4EA3DFF99ACDE3084203E39A" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2003" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ayeyarwadyensis">
<emphasis id="11250F175CF6EB52E454E6C31C4B0FEF" italics="true">C. ayeyarwadyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="80CB9B67CDD7ED69FD81F7349C4FA1FD" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guwahatiensis">
<emphasis id="12FB1A9DE2E930F1BD001D26F1DA7E38" italics="true">C. guwahatiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="38C735E730E94413BB5E1861E9B54AAD" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="karsticola">
<emphasis id="E6CC0B1D807EBE855355A7A546D53186" italics="true">C. karsticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="64BD10A922AA0372057C7678FE34A890" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tripuraensis">
<emphasis id="118D989B31522D32C20B38D7CC160CE0" italics="true">C. tripuraensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) by the presence of precloacofemoral pores in male (vs. no femoral pores in male of
<taxonomicName id="917BF8DE02BC6CE670BB251A8C60A6E1" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agarwali">
<emphasis id="C21F8C547E522A98D35D11C04016CE73" italics="true">C. agarwali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4385251B4FB4DF3060173788380EF053" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exercitus">
<emphasis id="6766B4FA46272712D63F7C6644F4AC98" italics="true">C. exercitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CA6678CA6D6AD76909EF3B71AB94CA15" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kazirangaensis">
<emphasis id="BA4D2AD72DF21420C54C28E91FA88450" italics="true">C. kazirangaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CF7E9186561B30557349E49C67932D8D" baseAuthorityName="Jerdon" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khasiensis">
<emphasis id="8001330B92D8B1B545B3424AF2C99397" italics="true">C. khasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DAC349B2C339B3AF436741F43DA55907" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="CC05CA36CF1BD5405D549C09FD976182" italics="true">C. septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8F4B1B854F837250FA5B25156271CAB9" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="urbanus">
<emphasis id="2C13696549A2989FE9D90932F441AD13" italics="true">C. urbanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="E7916E908AD8FDBA6596BD02BA4694E7" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="049D5CC7DA141A2AD52BF95832A9D7FF" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B26E01F61E0F757BC5416000AEC91B5F" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="015BBA36964F70B1A9A4E606644DFEA5" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="BD62B43DBA83B53E4831F583387F9524" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2003" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ayeyarwadyensis">
<emphasis id="3AE1CB5E1E0039FBD863F0EC34E1C340" italics="true">C. ayeyarwadyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by presence of tiny precloacal pores in female,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELQCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
10–16 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPQCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
absent in female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="2004AFCCE9BCD2E003BB138AB649E051" authorityName="Kamei &amp; Mahony" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bapme">
<emphasis id="6127D64EC6A6B05A475D25749EDEC109" italics="true">C. bapme</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by presence of 10–16 precloacal pores in female (vs. 0–13 pitted precloacal scales), dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5QCK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
18 or 20 (vs. 21–24); differs from
<taxonomicName id="ECD4F31B3D3639C0B79712995FA48348" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guwahatiensis">
<emphasis id="36E751EC4D9FB211DC37C65B1A2F030F" italics="true">C. guwahatiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer preclocaofemoral pores,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENRCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
27 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERRCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
35–39),
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVRCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
in a continuous series (vs. 26
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZRCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
interrupted by 11 unpored scales in
<typeStatus id="154F197CE7D18A7AE92C549A4CCBE819" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName id="A1D2A1F3F772AFE309DBE821900D7316" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guwahatiensis">
<emphasis id="692A5248F91AD32676B9ADA9134B543C" italics="true">C. guwahatiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EISCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
present in females (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMSCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
absent in females), higher mid-ventral scale rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQSCK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="E47B9967422C8BDF2E812FD37B4CB645">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
38–39 (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUSCK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="2BD8C99971E7E004AC1746A931A1D288">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
vs. 30–35), fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYSCK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
18–20 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3SCK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="0CEA1A913B073DDCDDEA102BEFCE5A10">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
21–24); differs from
<taxonomicName id="0842F1EECE030F1E4DB6507EA631164B" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="karsticola">
<emphasis id="95C85EF6873C9C63124B5B1321378E4E" italics="true">C. karsticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer precloacal femoral pores in male,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELTCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
27 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPTCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
34–38), less number of dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETTCK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
18–20 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXTCK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="8A69815D7CCE192AC5D6453A1DCC50B0">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
21–24), fewer paravertebral tubercles,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2TCK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">PVT</abbrev>
29–34 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6TCK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="77EDEF4AAE0339F1EF55BDF462EDDF0F">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
34–39); differs from
<taxonomicName id="D0EF4DD82B7EC57B25D622D0A2C3B6FA" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tripuraensis">
<emphasis id="1F536E97C0DC425243C939D0C8B395CF" italics="true">C. tripuraensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer precloacal femoral pores in male,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOUCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
27 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESUCK" xlink_title="precloacofemoral pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales that extends from the precloacal region onto the thighs">PcFP</abbrev>
29–37) and less number of precloacal pores,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWUCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
<quantity id="13453BC85AEDD6459DAE8C965313E55C" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.302" metricValueMax="4.064" metricValueMin="2.54" unit="in" value="13.0" valueMax="16.0" valueMin="10.0">10–16 in</quantity>
female (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1UCK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
<quantity id="46AA94C7EB19BCD34EBBF929F7FD69C3" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.096" metricValueMax="7.366" metricValueMin="4.826" unit="in" value="24.0" valueMax="29.0" valueMin="19.0">19–29 in</quantity>
female). Morphological differences with other members of
<taxonomicName id="E22F2987EB4952BCAEF30EFE0A4BFC03" baseAuthorityName="Jerdon" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khasiensis">
<emphasis id="EECAEF70563AC3B1CAA27628223DB9BF" italics="true">khasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group is presented in Table
<tableCitation id="6886D9D1178DD98C4E3C7F1B57ABDFCA" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Comparative table of summary morphological characteristics among the members of the khasiensis group including the seven new species. NA- data not available; “ * ” data from the literature is not comparable with our data as the count method is different." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4AAE94DC4D30D8EB1A84D336CC270F8B" tableUuid="4AAE94DC4D30D8EB1A84D336CC270F8B">2</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EMVCK" type="Sequence divergence">
<paragraph id="269FA1035014FC7DE9EE9C5E99549EF1">
<heading id="819CD88D3A4BCF7D32DC0A39F4009B70" reason="title">Sequence divergence.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="97E848580648B450CC1A6A02CDD94636">
<taxonomicName id="8F82CB78DAAF850D280FDA97AFD867D3" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5C2C3A5CE77474E546D619A332B69D0F" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="88B7787029928A081A0927B6C4D20CA9" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A421DC0185E325731225C13D6AFEF2BD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has a moderate genetic divergence of 4.1–6.6 % from its closely related
<taxonomicName id="99B7B08DA5D8E4C973606F7832C57B62" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2003" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ayeyarwadyensis">
<emphasis id="C3DDB86C9FA7BF2B409A7C460D8C61D6" italics="true">C. ayeyarwadyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 4.2–6.0 % from
<taxonomicName id="5B06D4332125F94004096CE66925E4C7" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tripuraensis">
<emphasis id="8A7BC45B8F92E1CB4176990C3679F706" italics="true">C. tripuraensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. With other members of the clade,
<taxonomicName id="ABAE30325E0BB28CC79D3C3B4CEBD451" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B04A9C338C376960AEC0F0B0DBB2B55D" italics="true">C. ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="CEF56898FF9ED8BF1E4580CA7B91F9BB" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6876A000F76FCB58B40A75376C69BE20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has a genetic divergence between 8.6 % and 15.7 % in the ND 2 gene. The intraspecific divergence is between the two samples of
<taxonomicName id="51A2581721240646E796C45EF5D3CE67" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0F3339F098920B91986C39D5BAF75F43" italics="true">C. ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="03C810AA205F5DDFECCA404DE5580180" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="84D7FCF3E6977757E0235C6160F780E1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is 0.8 %.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPXCK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="CA7625AADB35E08BF8DFD36D6ED5AFE9">
<heading id="3EBE8F49203E1937719322D38674448C" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="469226927F875902E1CCFB888B17437C">
The specific epithet is a toponym derived from the name “ Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary ” of
<collectingRegion id="BA1398980158B38BB5F47273A9604F98" country="India" name="Mizoram">Mizoram state</collectingRegion>
from where the
<typeStatus id="66C9BF3FF107A35FD1C445E1EFFEB11B">type</typeStatus>
series of the species were collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EUXCK" type="Suggested common name">
<paragraph id="AF9B56A81204C81B740FAA9FA9682843">
<heading id="2664FC17998A712DB493999BF65A0B93" reason="title">Suggested common name.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC83F1445768E96861221F49152643E7">Ngengpui bent-toed gecko.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZXCK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="50654F29F817DA44B31EC759EA6933E4">
<heading id="EEC0AC18ACD9E3BF4F5A2185646CD453" reason="title">Distribution and natural history.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D587B71BBC38020762B6B4D1C84C9EA6">
<taxonomicName id="B7BF4225B08E7F72D6A89188202B7529" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="13E89BBE6EEA33CA9703C239D472DCA4" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="CBFFA2613E31F760F8DA5DB26A850958" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A29B6B0A61186B394694229C7218225D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
new species is currently only known from the
<typeStatus id="27077758B0BE48388362EC39323B1E03">type</typeStatus>
locality, the Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary, Lawngtlai District,
<collectingRegion id="5B9C8A266B21E10253524F2EBC70E953" country="India" name="Mizoram">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="6E7C31C7FDABCC656C3D104C1AD2DBA6" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
. The forest is characterised as tropical semi-evergreen to moist evergreen forest. The forest is dominated by
<taxonomicName id="5B518A3A479AFD8F5F3541A0B43C3072" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Dipterocarpaceae" genus="Dipterocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="F65918F94996C65D837790E7C1E7F3A9" italics="true">Dipterocarpus</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
, palms, canes and rattans. Individuals of
<taxonomicName id="4425261B421BFDB040E3957CD059C67E" authorityName="Boruah &amp; Narayanan &amp; Aravind &amp; Lalronunga &amp; Deepak &amp; Das" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngengpuiensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F6F0705F586489D0438FBA0773B75A78" italics="true">C. ngengpuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D9C3DE5E0E9082650DB3316E5B32124E" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AE059AA90F05A7864924E56BFA530EBC" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
were collected during
<date id="29E0619D53978CFF627C8E3D4BCC3ED4" value="2021-09-06" valueMax="2021-09-09" valueMin="2021-09-06">6–9 September 2021</date>
at 21: 00–22: 00 hrs. Individuals were recorded in bamboo thickets, on tree buttresses and trunks, and amongst ferns and rocks along the banks of evergreen forest streams.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>