Cyrtodactylus teraiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus teraiensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus teraiensis Gautam, Bhattarai, Neupane, Pokheral, Thackeray, Khandekar, Cyriac & Agarwal, 2026: 27

• Holotype: NHM 2025/390 (BG-81266), adult ♂, collected by Santosh Bhattarai and Bivek Gautam on 27 April 2025.
• Type locality: “Belbari Chisang Collaborative Forest (26.67993°N, 87.4743°E; ca 188 m a.s.l.), Bhaunne, Morang District, Koshi Province, Nepal”.

References

Primary references

• Gautam, B., Bhattarai, S., Neupane, B.P., Pokheral, C.P., Thackeray, T., Khandekar, A., Cyriac, V.P. & Agarwal, I. 2026. Middle Miocene biogeographic connectivity between the Eastern Ghats and Nepal revealed by a new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) nebulosus complex (Reptilia, Squamata) from Nepal. ZooKeys 1275: 15–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1275.178507 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Terai Clouded Ground Gecko