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 3. Morphometric measurement data (mm) of the specimens for this paper

	Cyrtodactylus khambui sp. nov.					Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis			Cyrtodactylus nepalensis		Cyrtodactylus martinstolii
Sample CDZMTU501 CDZMTU502 CDZMTU503 CDZMTU504 CDZMTU505
No.	(Paratype)	(Holotype)	(Paratype)	(Paratype)	(Paratype)	CDZMTU507 CDZMTU508 CDZMTU509 CDZMTU510 CDZMTU511 CDZMTU512 CDZMTU513 CDZMTU515 CDZMTU514
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female	Female	SA-Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female
SVL	60.63	51.05	53.98	52.18	52.08	80.02	75.43	54.5	68.18	69.55	83.02	66.75	74.16	64.81
TRL	37.8	30.19	32.64	33.02	32.84	50.08	44.7	32.5	42.13	43.56	47.52	41.07	45.68	42.12
AGL	27	19.46	21.41	19.5	19.5	35.03	35.7	23.82	27.73	29.21	34.15	26.35	32.01	29.91
BW	9.69	9.75	8.62	8.72	9.18	16.04	15.8	10.8	12.31	12.46	13.29	12.62	14.11	13.85
BD	8.16	7.6	7.43	6.66	6.8	11.6	12.66	6.35	8.02	8.92	10.44	7.87	9.88	9.1
TL	63.4	60.89	60.58	59.28	60.47	112.23	74.92	60.78*	94.46*	91.55	6.35*	81.8	85.73	67.3
TW	5.21	4.98	4.14	4.25	4.19	6.19	5.86	4.6	4.78	5.91	6.14	5.6	6.18	5.23
HL	18.1	16.23	16.02	14.68	14.96	21.73	21.69	19.19	18.09	19.19	20.12	18.14	18.98	18.89
HW	10.71	9.44	9.29	9.13	9.88	15.31	14.76	10.64	11.43	13.13	13.15	11.39	12.34	11.28
HD	6.71	5.74	5.77	5.42	5.68	9.07	9.06	6.91	7.62	7.5	6.99	7.14	7.4	6.79
LAL	8.43	7.4	7.89	7.17	7.45	12.16	12.19	8.81	9.88	10.86	11.66	10.72	10.5	10.15
CL	9.3	8.99	8.94	8.43	8.99	13.24	13.83	9.65	12.43	13.72	12.61	11.28	11.85	11.21
ED	3.48	3.38	3.41	3.3	3.28	5.92	5.17	4.13	4.05	4.84	4.65	4	4.63	4.21
NE	5.22	5.12	4.66	4.78	5.08	6.84	6.89	5.53	6.15	6.14	6.25	5.32	6.2	5.88
SE	7.09	6.33	6.78	5.84	6.82	8.71	8.82	6.59	7.65	8.15	8.29	7.88	8.11	8.02
EE	4.49	4.56	4.45	4.12	4.87	6.08	6.23	4.66	5.31	4.95	5.8	4.82	5.6	5.03
EL	1.28	1.14	1.16	1.03	1.14	1.28	1.43	1.12	1.08	2.22	1.54	1.51	1.72	1.67
IN	2.15	2.83	2.63	2.37	2.74	2.14	3.17	2.38	2.08	2.11	2.14	2	2.29	2.17
IO	5.97	5.68	6.18	4.78	5.57	7.3	7.68	5.49	4.79	5.38	5.63	5.05	5.25	5.13
RL	1.92	1.6	1.44	1.43	1.39	2.08	2.54	1.38	2.69	2.29	3.12	2.78	2.87	2.83
RW	2.59	2.39	2.08	2.38	2.28	3.62	3.36	2.06	1.74	1.88	1.91	2.07	2.01	2.35
ML	2.11	2.39	2.23	2.45	1.92	1.26	1.5	1.13	2.75	2.52	3.25	2.57	2.81	2.52
MW	1.71	1.6	1.97	1.82	1.46	1.04	1.03	0.98	1.72	1.78	2.61	2.15	2.55	2.03