Geckoella collegalensis

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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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