Geckoella
| Geckoella | |
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| Individual at Dandeli (Geckoella sp) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Geckoella Gray, 1867[1] |
| Species | |
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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 found in Sri Lanka, listed alphabetically, are :
- Geckoella triedrus (Günther, 1864) - Sri Lanka Gecko
- Geckoella yakhuna (Deraniyagala, 1945) - Northern Sri Lanka Gecko,
occur in the arid and moist zones of Sri Lanka respectively.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 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. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); - ↑ 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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