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Boruah, Narayanan, Deepak &amp; Das
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<figureCitation id="432F9A987D9C301E25AD05B0051EF3FE" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Holotype of Cyrtodactylus barailensis sp. nov. (WII-ADR 971). 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 left manus, and H left pes. I C. barailensis sp. nov. in life. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102271">Figure 5</figureCitation>
;
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Medium-sized gecko,
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at least
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in adult female; supralabials 912 and infralabials nine; 12 or 13 lamellae beneath the digit IV of manus; 17 lamellae beneath digit IV of pes; 17 feebly keeled and bluntly conical tubercles across mid dorsum and 32 paravertebral tubercles; 36 smooth mid-ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; at least 10 small precloacal pores in female; head on top pale-brown with purplish tinge; dark-brown postorbital stripe continuing to above the ear opening; a dark-brown cross bar with irregular edges on nape; indistinct pale-yellow patch on occipital region; dorsally and laterally neck and back pale yellowish-brown with dark-brown irregular reticulation.
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Description of
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well preserved except an incision below left axilla ventrolaterally. Snout-vent length
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. Head moderately large (
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/
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= 0.26), dorsoventrally depressed, longer than width (
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/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHUAK" xlink_title="head length from the retroarticular process of the jaw to the snout tip">HL</abbrev>
= 0.65), oval, 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 (
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= 0.39), longer than orbit (
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/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXUAK" xlink_title="distance between the snout tip and the anterior bony orbital border">SO</abbrev>
= 0.59); nostril rounded, opening directed posterolaterally; ear opening 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 anteriorly and posteriorly decreases, largest at the anterodorsal region; rostral wide, a short groove at the middle on top; rostral connected with nasals, supranasals and first supralabials; a single scale between the supranasals, larger than the rest of the granular snout scales; granular scales at parietal, occipital and temporal region intermixed with slightly larger rounded and bluntly conical granular tubercles starting from the level of posterior margin of the upper eyelids, smaller in parietal region, size increases towards nape; supralabial 12 on right side and nine on left side, supralabials count up to midorbit is eight on right side and six on left side, size decreases towards angle of jaw; a series of narrow, enlarged scales above the supralabials between nostril and anterior orbital border; mental triangular, connected with first infralabials and inner postmentals; nine infralabials on both side, size decreases towards angle of jaw; inner pair of postmentals are larger than the outer postmentals; posterior margin of the inner postmentals bordered by eight granular scales of different size; two rows of slightly enlarged, narrow scales, larger than gular scales present along the infralabials starting below the outer postmentals, posteriorly size decreases; gular scales granular, juxtaposed, homogeneous, size increases towards the throat where they become imbricate.
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Habitus slender (
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/
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= 0.16,
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/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJVAK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.47), dorsoventrally depressed; dorsal scales granular, rounded, heterogeneous, intermixed with densely placed rounded, weakly keeled and bluntly conical tubercles, irregularly arranged, continues to seventh segment of the tail, size increases towards posterior body and pronounced at the base of tail; 17 dorsal tubercles across mid dorsum; 32 paravertebral tubercles; ventrolateral fold weak; ventral scales larger than those of dorsal, flat, smooth, cycloid, subimbricate to imbricate, largest on posterior part of the belly, 36 mid-ventral scales between ventrolateral folds; 10 small precloacal pores arranged in an inverted “
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” shaped continuous series, followed by a series eight unpored, enlarged scales below it.
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Forelimbs and hindlimbs slender (
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/
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= 0.14,
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/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2VAK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
= 0.18); digits strongly inflected at the joints, all bearing large recurved claw and enlarged subdigital lamellae; lamellae count beneath digit IV of right and left manus (given as basal + distal) is 5 + 7 and 5 + 8 respectively; lamellae count beneath digit IV of both right and left pes (given as basal + distal) is 8 + 9; dorsal scales on forelimbs heterogeneous in size; hind arm scales smooth and subimbricate; forearm scales small and granular towards proximal and towards distal end it is smooth, cycloid and imbricate; forearm scales intermixed with enlarged feebly keeled tubercles; dorsal scales of hindlimbs heterogeneous, intermixed with densely placed large, rounded and bluntly conical tubercles; scales on inner lateral and dorsolateral side of the thighs smooth, large and imbricate, rest of the scales are granular; scales on tibia are small, granular juxtaposed; ventral scales of forelimbs granular, juxtaposed, mostly homogeneous; scales on palm heterogeneous in shape and size, granular juxtaposed; ventral scales of hind limbs smaller than those of belly, smooth, cycloid and subimbricate; scales on the knee, above cloaca and on thigh below the level of precloacal pores smaller and granular; scales on soles heterogeneous, granular, juxtaposed to subimbricate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8998594114F3A6A38B6DBB856AB6723A">
Tail complete, posterior
<quantity id="72351A90DF2F44911AE5003B50F80985" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="mm" value="6.0">6 mm</quantity>
regenerated (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBWAK" xlink_title="tail length, from the cloaca to the tail tip">TL</abbrev>
=
<quantity id="81A8AB68CFAE1FFDD2F15338ECEA2F5C" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.4" unit="mm" value="64.0">64 mm</quantity>
), slender, gradually tapering towards tip; tail segments indistinct; dorsal scales small, granular, juxtaposed at the base, posteriorly size of the scales increases, flat, smooth, subimbricate, heterogeneous in shape and size; enlarged feebly keeled scales up to seventh segment 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; four bluntly conical spurs on both sides of the tail base.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EFWAK" type="Colouration in life">
<paragraph id="3658C5A7A092351A948A9698B687D6E0">
<heading id="41507745A821A4E9FDE6F9127A58486E" reason="title">Colouration in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F92E119312CEC9DBA4E7F925EF27A2D7">
Head on top pale-brown with purplish tinge, indistinct brown irregular spots on occipital region; a short brown streak behind the posterior corner of the upper eyelid; a broad, dark-brown postorbital stripe continuing to above the ear opening; area between these two postorbital streaks is paler than dorsal head colour; an indistinct brown loreal stripe covering the nasal and an indistinct pale stripe above it; indistinct pale-yellow patch on occipital region; lips and mandibular region paler with indistinct yellow spots; dorsally and laterally neck and back pale yellowish-brown with dark-brown irregular reticulation starting from neck to sacrum; a dark-brown cross bar with irregular edges on nape; limbs pale-yellowish-brown with dark-brown reticulation; digits with alternative dark-brown and pale-yellow bars; tail with alternative 11 dark and 10 light bars in the original part, dark bars posteriorly more darker and broader; light bars posteriorly more whitish, first bar at the base of tail broken into two spots; fourth and fifth bar connected on left side; ventrally head, trunk and limbs whitish; tail with irregular brown and pale-yellow patches (Fig.
<figureCitation id="40CBA6E483DE3CAF85E163A315DE0080" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Holotype of Cyrtodactylus barailensis sp. nov. (WII-ADR 971). 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 left manus, and H left pes. I C. barailensis sp. nov. in life. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102271">5 I</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F4C76D73A30E05F51F87882F035989EB" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e124752.figure5" ID-arpha="62A9A230-D983-5987-9B27-B3A850DA09D9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1102271" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="9CA3B835DB6C4640EC56F9FBBB999EA2">
<label id="672710045696006C8A88EF24942C434F">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C4019411650398C3C7928BF670CD24A1">
Holotype of
<taxonomicName id="1C5138CA777B39D59A7883C1032233F0" 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="barailensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9353AEB52A0839B2A0FA4459751CE773" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus barailensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4F17B258138F82E2088D92DA6A928304" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7261F079EED76924C624281285129106" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCode id="EC715245A4BD8530056E107194BA1350">WII-ADR 971</specimenCode>
).
<emphasis id="5430F8A719136F5BDFAB24384D985926" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal and
<emphasis id="4B94EFE71FB7DEF1CF0A3C6F47C87106" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view of the whole body;
<emphasis id="56B3B23B51680F5C289281812B4B3907" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal,
<emphasis id="E43637DE914A1780CB05F5CC1C286120" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral, and
<emphasis id="3EC8EEBE4DC0EBE3F723F68DB665EF54" bold="true">E</emphasis>
lateral view of head;
<emphasis id="299093C2C6968F12C578BDC487F9A5D9" bold="true">F</emphasis>
dorsal tubercles on trunk;
<emphasis id="51F8263A50CE7B2F4C27C94E1B3E867E" bold="true">G</emphasis>
ventral view of left manus, and
<emphasis id="D1978F82733FE0703855A647871D1C2B" bold="true">H</emphasis>
left pes.
<emphasis id="275AAB25A558833059CEF36085039A2E" bold="true">I</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AB842A9AB90F6E171BC2053A254FF3B3" 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="barailensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35FA803203DBD601DA4C4BBC5FEBD1B7" italics="true">C. barailensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A5889D4FFDF22294E1104248B1AD27CD" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4D25415B502ED1D2AC954F2E68E9E0AF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in life. Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EIYAK" type="Colouration in preservative">
<paragraph id="3F3A07ABDF435B848856571ED2D7FEDF">
<heading id="268576E696C85CBEF6ACE07BB0146944" reason="title">Colouration in preservative.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3AEAA1985598988CD6F860301CD877A8">Top of head pale-greyish-brown; neck, back, limbs and tail dorsally light-grey with dark-brown markings; marking pattern visible as those in life condition; ventrally whitish with brown specks on tail.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENYAK" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="14D0FB9A232B3A6F26692F37E3A3349D">
<heading id="958D27993DBCA48BB94B2211A462F4DC" reason="title">Comparison.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9951D85C2E0F2B3BA7CD30CD9094DC17">
<taxonomicName id="EE9053E966AEE3837D898BCDE0285856" 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="barailensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="679DC03514D31445B628B499848A7215" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus barailensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="00B39F5DAB9E997297BF2E5796FA40A8" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="17C8B2A5246C677A8B931A8EE7227C92" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="BABBD9856947506023A006376C72444F" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aaronbaueri">
<emphasis id="BFEDA8D28AF318A0D8BFF17E65A50BE6" italics="true">C. aaronbaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELZAK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPZAK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="793A9D712CB9D66E2803E6C815C53029">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2228), 10 precloacal pores (vs. 68 pitted precloacal scales in female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="C7E78467229496C57ACA8B3BFD6D1224" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agarwali">
<emphasis id="2F813B33F39020ACEC3C58955B05680C" italics="true">C. agarwali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5ZAK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs. 2125); differs from
<taxonomicName id="7D0BEFD37E7BBBE6D8E6D17B15BF20CC" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aunglini">
<emphasis id="E14EC5CA9F1196BC799529AE1F1C9154" italics="true">C. aunglini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer mid-ventral scale rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN1AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="B6138E6F640E421D9FA0365D6E2646E0">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
36 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER1AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="982440F435D53428C14F6124C06316C6">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
4749), 32 paravertebral tubercle (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV1AK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="01516156B9CBB4D5E7E756321431CD77">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3645), 17 dorsal tubercle rows (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ1AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="4177BF69C88E3369FC38A8D4C8F4A1D8">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2126); differs from
<taxonomicName id="58382408F0DF7EBE182F74BCFAA5B5F6" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bengkhuaiai">
<emphasis id="362F6A219783889A99D576C8CD14204A" italics="true">C. bengkhuaiai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EI2AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EM2AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="CDB8C76150397B8E86C41F6C10B7F349">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2226), 10 precloacal pores (vs. 68 pitted precloacal scales in females); differs from
<taxonomicName id="9E5BD89C0E7609F10876F38756DD0D1A" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2002" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevidactylus">
<emphasis id="1FBB304649C780BC1729670DDDC26DFC" italics="true">C. brevidactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E22AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E62AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="06A81101737E1A5DCA2C3EB0738995EB">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2730), fewer paravertebral tubercles,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED3AK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">PVT</abbrev>
32 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH3AK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="8E95BF5EECABA669338DBE8F08E7B2D0">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3842), enlarged dark blotches on head and dorsum absent (vs. large dark blotches on dorsum between nape and sacrum); differs from
<taxonomicName id="EABEFCE03889017E0353ED14C92A1044" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2003" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysopylos">
<emphasis id="8E9F43C07D9DB079351D88DB4FEF18B3" italics="true">C. chrysopylos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by presence of precloacal pores (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW3AK" 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), fewer mid-ventral scales,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E13AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="2A112C9C533A41ECF7DC7ED44D78A4AB">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
36 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E53AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="B190EFFB926D5651D71582040C6BBF6A">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3755); differs from
<taxonomicName id="7A8782B88B14C81D3E62796A2C88E829" authorityName="Liu &amp; Rao" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dianxiensis">
<emphasis id="D9BC78A650EDB17A9A3D42BA44C9B5DD" italics="true">C. dianxiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by smaller body size,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN4AK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
<quantity id="2B3476EA79E8E71789834C08B534E4A2" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.88" unit="mm" value="68.8">68.8 mm</quantity>
(vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER4AK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">
<collectionCode id="C6EB39E54B56737F178CB707E68F6B1A">SVL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="A922C2501EAEA10CEB052DE653E65E07" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" unit="mm" value="75.0">75 mm</quantity>
), presence of precloacal pores (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV4AK" 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), fewer subdigital lamellae, 12 or 13 under fourth finger and 16 under fourth toe (vs. 16 or 17 under fourth finger and 19 or 20 under fourth toe); differs from
<taxonomicName id="866247A3DB9B0B840613F169C7467F2E" authorityName="Bauer" authorityYear="2003" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gansi">
<emphasis id="BE1FDC54360815987660B7DC34AB24CA" italics="true">C. gansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EE5AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EI5AK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="ECD0FE937E1E31411058D4C9C388D7A0">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2025), ventrolateral fold present on trunk (vs. absent), fewer precloacal pores,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EM5AK" 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 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQ5AK" 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="5254E19837A91353CAB6E40738A063FF" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.302" unit="in" value="13.0">13 in</quantity>
female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="0B8E4E440985209DDB9854A209A222EA" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jaintiaensis">
<emphasis id="C3C138ABB31F713F8603DEDE66755FFD" italics="true">C. jaintiaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by much smaller body size,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E65AK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">SVL</abbrev>
<quantity id="1D592E8B4D7C2EDC8DB8F72D9C54085D" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.88" unit="mm" value="68.8">68.8 mm</quantity>
(vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED6AK" xlink_title="snout to vent length">
<collectionCode id="2E9C60AD1AF35954D6B79746F172DE6E">SVL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="0D1E1953363D2C699653A2FAD26EC10B" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.62" unit="mm" value="96.2">96.2 mm</quantity>
in female), fewer mid-ventral scale rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH6AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="BA8E9F14E19443E3716D7B504DC893A4">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
36 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL6AK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="9814F8DB647EDA912F47CFF73236DA69">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
4042), fewer precloacal pores,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP6AK" 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 (vs. 12
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET6AK" xlink_title="precloacal pores, a continuous series of pore-bearing scales on the precloacal region that does not extend onto the thighs">PcP</abbrev>
in female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="91436873DF8F720F83B59DDF8657A584" 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="kiphire" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A5DD8A1FCE6E1EB945ED5884A670A71A" italics="true">C. kiphire</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="88F321955D1EB8E7B46C499A465AACBD" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4B458379BAB7EA4661950F54594514FD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by the number of paravertebral tubercles 32 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEABK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="936C0E80A7A02F6EB4C744B71D461EDE">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
26 or 29); differs from
<taxonomicName id="C3BD4AF1361A74F84D8B502F2F4AA4C7" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lungleiensis">
<emphasis id="841202DB56314B22E6EAEC284EF53C99" italics="true">C. lungleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETABK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs. 2428), 10 precloacal pores (vs. 57 pitted precloacal scales in females); differs from
<taxonomicName id="00F9EDBD795FF7DD115C17BE566AAD7C" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">
<emphasis id="A97A4440B04BF2E9E5C7A8EAABD8A4A5" italics="true">C. montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECBBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGBBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="E6CD0C7098B6214073271942B27D3F17">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2123), fewer paravertebral tubercles,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKBBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">PVT</abbrev>
32 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOBBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="5F1907FD429C9B97D43D138131200782">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3743), precloacal pores present (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESBBK" 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="F4F34404CD97D1F504BC4ED576996219" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="myaleiktaung">
<emphasis id="5711F8E23A539651E827093D2E71BFC4" italics="true">C. myaleiktaung</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer mid-ventral scale rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBCBK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="6D365CD5F51714D9EAD32C699365CBBB">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
36 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFCBK" xlink_title="mid-ventral scale rows, counted between ventrolateral folds at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="FA5B15BC7424DFB085311A09888DE958">MVSR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
57), precloacal pores present (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJCBK" 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), broad regular dark bands absent on dorsum (vs. present); differs from
<taxonomicName id="E8120A72AF813AA30A2175A32BFA8B68" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nagalandensis">
<emphasis id="8CA81DDA91EC20F124A5CEAD26D55786" italics="true">C. nagalandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by presence of 10 precloacal pores (vs. six pitted precloacal scales in female), 32 paravertebral tubercles (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYCBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="E9624C7EB910317EDF387D03F8DF6AD4">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3537); differs from
<taxonomicName id="678BC77F913A210926657F4FD7F7FDF2" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namtiram">
<emphasis id="52BD93A198F17F2506D6B943B3C6DFD4" italics="true">C. namtiram</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHDBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELDBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="0006DDEE9906B1FE0C8EAA8C039F0347">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
21); differs from
<taxonomicName id="695AE568F97D980E109C24AE89977AD0" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngopensis">
<emphasis id="04092CBBF046442267BBF75E6460F1FA" italics="true">C. ngopensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by presence of 10 precloacal pores in female, (vs. 06 pitted precloacal scales in female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="E868560F1E9734A0226E2836A77EEB5A" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="E1BD0A1DA0514CBD7B632CF9F501AC28" italics="true">C. septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFEBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJEBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="77599ED7F6DDEB8F73FD8350641133A8">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
23 or 24), less paravertebral tubercles,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENEBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">PVT</abbrev>
32 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EREBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="EAE9AFD62826CDA5FA1DB48324D27F3C">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3842), 10 precloacal pores present (vs. 14 precloacal scales with indistinct depression in female); differs from
<taxonomicName id="4BCC36B3B09C2CE33C60C609D8F8B4E2" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="siahaensis">
<emphasis id="FB22DBF73970E26C98B20D52E0182083" italics="true">C. siahaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by fewer dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAFBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEFBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="3EFBBD5AFF10C122FA20C80C2396C627">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2224), presence of precloacal pores in female (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIFBK" 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="A0327654DBAFD19BA398E3251EEFB0AE" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vairengtensis">
<emphasis id="A770F9303CA5C7D55A437D7C6310291F" italics="true">C. vairengtensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the number of dorsal tubercle rows,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXFBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">DTR</abbrev>
17 (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2FBK" xlink_title="dorsal tubercle rows, counted transversely across the body at the midpoint between axilla and groin">
<collectionCode id="4B0A2386437575E6A13AD20F18DA17FE">DTR</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
2223), 32 paravertebral tubercles (vs.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6FBK" xlink_title="paravertebral tubercles on the trunk, counted between the level of the axilla and the level of the groin">
<collectionCode id="D8243F29DE49E88102660917B106BA22">PVT</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
3439), 10 precloacal pores present (vs. 59 precloacal pits in female). Morphological differences with other members of
<taxonomicName id="17AB4FD109A9F0EFB824A8E39C9C940E" baseAuthorityName="Jerdon" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khasiensis">
<emphasis id="7926E0E60C2B2AB331C5F162D3A81F10" italics="true">khasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group is presented in Table
<tableCitation id="5BF013D3B9495F3524E24F96F9D92834" 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="SECID0ERGBK" type="Sequence divergence">
<paragraph id="7C0049B1924B22FD5DA10B230A2AA47E">
<heading id="B0B17004120025DDCD70277B7B3ACCBC" reason="title">Sequence divergence.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7887D709337977C5137BC7F001D6DBDE">
<taxonomicName id="11A019310ED45945A9534FE490B79BE4" 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="barailensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="25E6FF380934A07C60A84E395ABDD412" italics="true">Cyrtodactylus barailensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E3EFB0D585C3FF3FCA8B05024BDF6032" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="309B9B82E4F4CE83F9B34B93797A8C57" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has a high genetic divergence of 10.9 % from its closely related
<taxonomicName id="1D5B4540B60B3C2455FB841364384BC1" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei" authorityYear="2021" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namtiram">
<emphasis id="4F7BA7F8B111C1EE6A463BA96CB6B25C" italics="true">C. namtiram</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. With other members of the clade,
<taxonomicName id="09EFAD8242AA1FC34F7BCB941FF79E56" 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="kiphire" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="66EC246FF543FDE18DC15674F71E8F23" italics="true">C. kiphire</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="06E294F42E3F92A1BD732A4FB850CBB3" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DE4C13F95B363F66576F71C010579A28" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has a genetic divergence of 10.7 % and 22.3 % in the ND 2 gene.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E3HBK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="C2A055C2F6F4AEA250E6D8B9A45B8DA5">
<heading id="545AAB5F77882AB9FF882F5C4B59E367" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C1C74D550F578A7714F3003B736CF333">The specific epithet is a toponym derived from the name of the hill range “ Barail ” where the type locality of the species lies.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBIBK" type="Suggested common name">
<paragraph id="B867BA96A8DB7210668A22F50726F75C">
<heading id="3BB16F3C6B4BCEA97CE4CA202E889A9A" reason="title">Suggested common name.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="207A5EA24CA7978086896D13C2D635AE">Barail Hills bent-toed gecko.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EGIBK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="750F79DA3D770EC3FB4586B481C015FA">
<heading id="21E9BC883F8FA3AA01577E1C27A45E43" reason="title">Distribution and natural history.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52480E70FB1130A6E26EB4A6DCE59551">
During our two-day survey we only located a single individual of this species. Thus, the new species is currently known only from the type locality, in Peren District,
<collectingRegion id="7D3CE58919ED460C35F986413B85302C" country="India" name="Nagaland">Nagaland</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="3F15ED38E3DFB440AE8EF583A2F29F16" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
. We recorded this species on the trunk of a small tree at a height of approximately
<quantity id="6C06FA77D4CB18C006A6B24CB3944FDD" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="2.0">2 m</quantity>
from the ground in the Athibung Reserve Forest at approximately 20: 00 hrs on
<date id="08E9E3E3025C754C49F50712CD4C17D7" value="2021-08-14">14 August 2021</date>
. The forest type is semi-evergreen with relatively little anthropogenic pressure.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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