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| taxon = Eublepharis pictus<br />
| authority = [[species:Zeeshan Mirza|Mirza]] & [[species:Chandrashekaruni Gnaneswar|Gnaneswar]], 2022<ref name="Mirza & Gnaneswar 2022"/><br />
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'''''Eublepharis pictus''''', the '''painted leopard gecko''', is a species of [[gecko]].<ref name=RDB/> It lives in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, in [[India]]. It can grow to {{convert|117|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[snout–vent length]]. The species lives in dry evergreen forest mixed in with scrubs and meadows. ''Eublepharis pictus'' is [[nocturnal]] and has been observed foraging along trails after dusk using its [[tongue]] as a sensory organ by licking surfaces.<ref name="Mirza & Gnaneswar 2022"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorful New Species of Gecko Discovered in India {{!}} Sci-News.com |url=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/eublepharis-pictus-10874.html |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Breaking Science News {{!}} Sci-News.com |date=6 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Eublepharis pictus'' has 23 to 26 rows of large flat tubercle-like keeled scales across the dorsum intermixed with smaller scales. A single pale band between the [[Nuchal cord|nuchal loop]] and the caudal constriction. Smooth subdigital [[Lamella (cell biology)|lamellae]] on digital IV of pes 19; 17–18 precloacal pores in an angulate series lacking a [[diastema]].<ref name="Mirza & Gnaneswar 2022"/> ''E. pictus'' was discovered on the year of 2022 in Andhra Pradesh, in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pskhun |date=2022-05-27 |title=Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2022] Eublepharis pictus • A New Species of Leopard Geckos, Eublepharis Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Eastern Ghats, India with Notes on Eublepharis hardwickii Gray, 1827 |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2022/05/eublepharis.html |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Species New to Science}}</ref> The species is widespread in the forest but may be near threatened due to [[wildlife trade]] and the illegal smuggling of ''Eublepharis pictus''.<br />
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''Eublepharis pictus'' was discovered when a dead female of the species was found in a water tank in [[Visakhapatnam|Vishakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The specimen was collected washed and then placed in 4% formaldehyde for two days and later placed into 70% ethanol and deposited in the collection of the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]], [[Bangalore]], India.<br />
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== Morphology ==<br />
''[[Eublepharis angramainyu]]'' is a sister to all other ''[[Eublepharis]]'' species and the ''[[East Indian leopard gecko|Eublepharis hardwickii]]'' group is sister to the ''[[Leopard gecko|Eublepharis macularius]]'' clade. Relationships between the ''E. macularius'' clade have poor to moderate support. The ''E. hardwickii'' group show two distinct well-supported clades corresponding to the population from the north and south. The northern population represents ''E. hardwickii'' while the south represents an unnamed taxon which was described as ''E. pictus''.<ref name="Mirza & Gnaneswar 2022">{{Cite journal |last1=Mirza |first1=Zeeshan A. |last2=Gnaneswar |first2=Chandrashekaruni |date=2022-05-26 |title=Description of a new species of leopard geckos, ''Eublepharis'' Gray, 1827 from Eastern Ghats, India with notes on ''Eublepharis hardwickii'' Gray, 1827 |url=https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/83290/ |journal=Evolutionary Systematics |language=en |volume=6 |pages=77–88 |doi=10.3897/evolsyst.6.83290 |s2cid=249106914 |issn=2535-0730|doi-access=free }} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Eublepharis |species=pictus |access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Eublepharis|pictus]]<br />
[[Category:Lizards of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 2022]]</div>PGPS