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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.

Bivek Gautam, Santosh Bhattarai, Bishal Prasad Neupane, Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral, Tejas Thackeray, Akshay Khandekar, Vivek Phillip Cyriac, Ishan Agarwal

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Bivek GautamBiodiversity Research and Conservation Society, Kathmandu, Nepal Department of Zoology, Shivaji University Kolhapur India https://ror.org/01bsn4x02.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-7801
Santosh BhattaraiFuture Regions Research Centre, Federation University Australia, Gippsland Campus, Churchill 3842, Victoria, Australia Natural History Museum London United Kingdom https://ror.org/039zvsn29.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-1954
Bishal Prasad NeupaneNepal Conservation and Research Center, Ratnanagar-06, Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal Biodiversity Research and Conservation Society Kathmandu Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3450-5195
Chiranjibi Prasad PokheralNational Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, P.O.Box - 3712, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal Conservation and Research Center Chitwan Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7252-1946
Tejas ThackerayThackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India Future Regions Research Centre, Federation University Australia Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-8763
Akshay KhandekarThackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India Future Regions Research Centre, Federation University Australia Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7956-089X
Vivek Phillip CyriacNatural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, UK Thackeray Wildlife Foundation Mumbai India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0465-0452
Ishan AgarwalThackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, 400051, India Future Regions Research Centre, Federation University Australia Victoria Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9734-5379

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Abstract

A new species of ground-dwelling gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) is described from the low elevation Terai-Duar region of southeastern Nepal using molecular and morphological data.

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