Cyrtopodion kachhensis

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iKutch Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Cyrtopodion Species: C. kachhensis
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion kachhensis Stoliczka, 1872

Kutch Gecko Cyrtopodion kachhensis is a species of gecko found in Pakistan (Sind, Cutch, Balutschistan), adjacent India. Race ingoldby: widely in the Sulaiman Range extending into Waziristan Hills, along western border of Punjab, Pakistan; Type locality: "Ladha" (= Ladha, Dera Ismael Khan District, southeastern NWFP, Pakistan). Type locality: Ladha, Dera Ismael Khan. SE NorthWestern Frontier Province, Pakistan.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Khan, M. S. 1998 Validity, generic redesignation, and taxonomy of Western Rock Gecko Gymnodactylus ingoldbyi Procter, 1923. Russ. J. Herpetol. 4 (2): 83-88 [1997]
• Stoliczka,F. 1872 Notes on the Reptilian and Amphibian Fauna of Kachh. P. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872: 71-85