Geckoella
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| Geckoella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Geckoella Gray, 1867[1] |
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Geckoella is a genus of Gekkonidae endemic to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Classification of genus Geckoella
The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Geckoella has not been resolved to date. Based on morphology, Bauer (2002) suggested that it was a subgenus of Cyrtodactylus but a phylogenetic study by Feng et al (2007), though with inadequate sampling of taxa, restored it to generic status once again.[1]
Seven species have been recorded to date.[3]
The five species found in India, listed alphabetically, are :[1]
- Geckoella albofasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) – Boulenger’s Indian Gecko
- Geckoella collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) – Kollegal Ground Gecko
- Geckoella deccanensis (Günther, 1864) – Günther's Indian Gecko or Banded Ground Gecko
- Geckoella jeyporensis (Beddome, 1877) – Patinghe Indian Gecko
- Geckoella nebulosus (Beddome, 1870)
Two species, the "Sri Lanka Gecko", Geckoella triedra (Günther, 1864), and the "Northern Sri Lanka Gecko", Geckoella yakhuna (Deraniyagala, 1945), occur in the arid and moist zones of Sri Lanka respectively.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Agarwal, Ishan, Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Aaron M. Bauer and Varad B. Giri (2012). "Rediscovery of Geckoella jeyporensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad (Madras Crocodile Bank) 36 (1): 17–24.
- ↑ Beddome, R.H. (1878). "Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 685–686. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Geckoella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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