A new micro-endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the lowlands of Northeast India, with additional morphological notes on Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Jerdon, 1870 based on topotypical specimens from Meghalaya, India Author Bohra, Sanath Chandra Help Earth, 16, Raghunath Choudhury Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati, Assam, India. sreptilian6@gmail.com Author Deb, Arnab Animal Aid Alliance, Bhattapukur, Durga Pally, Agartala, Tripura 799003, India. arnabdeb12689@gmail.com Author Thongni, Goldenstar Rohbah, South West Khasi Hills District, Mawkyrwat, Meghalaya 793114, India. golden2394@gmail.com Author Bhattacharjee, Rupankar Help Earth, 16, Raghunath Choudhury Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati, Assam, India. rupankar.bhatt@gmail.com Author Biakzuala, Lal Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, 796004 Tanhril, Mizoram, India. bzachawngthu123@gmail.com Author Lalremsanga, Hmar Tlawmte Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, 796004 Tanhril, Mizoram, India. htlrsa@yahoo.co.in Author Swargiary, Pranjal Help Earth, 16, Raghunath Choudhury Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati, Assam, India. pranjalswargiary296@gmail.com Author Roy, Rita BG Colony, Bamunimaidam Railway Colony, Guwahati 781021, Assam, India. sreptilian6@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2026 2026-04-14 1048 256 303 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3255/14405 journal article 315095 10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3255 b032e7f4-1100-46cc-ae80-795ab8fe582f 2118-9773 19663029 C4204CE1-7E5A-43BE-AEBA-F561BAA3B1C4

Table 3 (continued on next page). Morphometrical and meristical data of Cyrtodactylus jayadityai sp. nov. from North Tripura, northeast India. Abbreviations: see Material and methods (NA stands for Not available).

Parameters	MZMU3791	MZMU3792	MZMU3793	MZMU3794	MZMU3795
Status	Paratype	Paratype	Paratype	Paratype	Holotype
SEX	M	M	F	F	M
SVL	54.9	47.8	50.6	50.4	50.9
TRL	24.7	21.9	22.0	24.04	23.0
BW	7.0	7.7	8.4	8.0	7.1
TL	N/A	55.7	N/A	57.0	56.6
TD	3.8	3.9	3.4	3.1	3.8
TW	4.2	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.6
HL	16.3	15.6	15.4	15.6	15.4
HW	8.2	8.4	8.3	8.2	8.7
HD	5.9	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.1
JW	5.2	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.0
FL	8.2	8.0	7.6	8.3	8.3
CL	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.7	9.6
OD	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
NO	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.3	4.2
SO	6.0	5.8	6.0	6.2	5.8
OE	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4
EL	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.7
IN	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.8
IO	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.8	3.7
F1	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.3
F2	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.1
F3	5.2	4.9	5.2	5.3	5.1
F4	5.8	5.3	5.9	5.7	5.9
F5	4.6	4.8	4.5	4.4	4.7
T1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.0
T2	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.3	5.7
T3	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.8	6.8
T4	7.3	7.5	7.3	7.7	7.7
T5	6.4	6.2	6.0	6.4	6.2
RL	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.3
RW	2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3
ML	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.4
MW	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0
PMIL	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1
PMIIL	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
PcP /PcFP	28	18	0 (14 pitted scales)	0 (0 pitted scales)	22
MVSR	42	43	43	37	41
DTR	21	21	21	20	19
PVT1 PVT2	47 30	47 31	48 30	44 30	50 31
SL(L/R)	12,11	10,11	11,11	9,10	10,10
IL(L/R)	10,10	11,11	11,11	11,9	10,10
F1Lam	4(2)6	4(1)6	4(1)6	4(2)6	4(1)8
F2Lam	4(0)7	4(1)8	4(1)7	4(2)7	4(0)8
F3Lam	4(1)9	4(1)10	5(2)9	5(0)10	5(1)9
F4Lam	5(2)8	5(2)10	5(2)10	6(2)9	6(2)9
F5Lam	4(2)7	4(1)9	4(2)8	5(1)7	4(2)8
T1Lam	3(2)6	3(2)7	3(3)7	4(1)8	4(1)9
T2Lam	5(2)7	4(2)8	4(1)9	5(1)8	5(2)9
T3Lam	5(2)8	5(2)10	5(2)10	6(2)11	5(3)10
T4Lam	6(3)9	6(2)11	6(2)9	7(2)9	8(3)10
T5Lam	4(1)10	5(3)10	5(2)10	4(2)11	5(2)11
Dark dorsal spots	9	10	9	9	10