Geckoella collegalensis

Geckoella collegalensis
Kollegal Ground Gecko
Geckoella collegalensis
Conservation status
Data deficient[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Geckoella
Species: G. collegalensis
Binomial name
Geckoella collegalensis
(Beddome, 1870)
Synonyms

Cyrtodactlyus collegalensis
Cyrtodactylus nebulosus (part)

The Kollegal Ground Gecko (Geckoella collegalensis) is a species of gecko found in India and Sri Lanka.

Distribution

The Gecko was described in 1870 from BR Hills in Southern Karnataka.[2] It was treated as synonymous with Geckoella nebulosa by Boulenger.[3] It has later been reported from several regions in South India and as far as Gujarat in Western India.

Notes

  1. ^ Envis section of the website of Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore Link
  2. ^ Beddome, RH (1870). "Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Sciences 2: 169–176. 
  3. ^ Kluge, AG (1983). "Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards". Copeia: 465–475. 

References

  • Prasanna, Ganesh 1993 Leopard gecko (Cyrtodactylus collegalensis) Dactylus 1 (4): 33
  • Vyas, Raju. 2000 Notes on distribution and breeding ecology of Gekkoella collegalensis (Beddome, 1870). Hamadryad 25(1): 45-46

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