Description of a New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Nepal Author Subba, Asmit Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal & Conservation Himalaya, Chandragiri- 14, Kathmandu 44619, Nepal & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China Author Khanal, Laxman Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal & International Centre for Biodiversity and Primates Conservation, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China Author Wang, Kai Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China laxman.khanal@cdz.tu.edu.np Author Ulak, Sapana Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal Author Singh, Ankit Kumar Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal Author Limbu, Kamala Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal Author Upadhyaya, Laxmi Prasad Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal & Conservation Himalaya, Chandragiri- 14, Kathmandu 44619, Nepal Author Che, Jing Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China laxman.khanal@cdz.tu.edu.np text Zootaxa 2026 2026-01-26 5752 1 85 104 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.4 journal article 315342 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.4 ee775ddf-20c0-4254-892f-2ac42a0f3fbc 1175-5326 19171532 095B65C0-D8D6-4E89-8FDD-5379DCC80B18

TABLE 2. Estimates of evolutionary divergence over sequence pairs between Cyrtodactylus species using K2P model with ND2 sequences

	Species	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	C. chure		0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01
2.	C.makwanpurgadhiensis	0.18		0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01
3.	C.annapurnaensis	0.20	0.16		0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02
4.	C.chitwanensis	0.30	0.31	0.30		0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
5.	C.nepalensis	0.25	0.26	0.26	0.26		0.01	0.02	0.01
6.	C.martinstolli	0.17	0.21	0.21	0.28	0.19		0.01	0.01
7.	C.karansahii	0.21	0.18	0.12	0.31	0.27	0.21		0.02
8.	C.khambui sp.nov.	0.14	0.18	0.20	0.29	0.20	0.12	0.19