Geckoella

Geckoella
Individual at Dandeli (Geckoella sp)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Subfamily:Gekkoninae
Genus:Geckoella
Gray, 1867[1][2]
Type species
Geckoella punctata
Gray, 1867
Species

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Geckoella is a disputed genus of Gekkonidae endemic to India and Sri Lanka.[1][3]

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] They have all been placed under the genus Cyrtodactylus until a more definitive classification can be worked out.

Seven species have been recorded.[4]

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)
  • 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Agarwal, Ishan; Datta-Roy, Aniruddha; Bauer, Aaron M.; Giri, Varad (2012). "Rediscovery of Geckoella jeyporensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae)" (PDF). Hamadryad. Madras Crocodile Bank. 36 (1): 17–24.
  2. ↑ Gray, J. E. (1867). "On a New Geckoid Lizard from Ceylon". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 98–99. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1867.tb00429.x.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Geckoella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Works cited

  • Bauer, Aaron M. (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 53 (7): 73–86.
  • Feng, Jinye; Han, Demin; Bauer, Aaron M.; Zhou, Kaiya (2007). "Interrelationships Among Gekkonid Geckos Inferred from Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Sequences". Zoological Science. 24 (7): 656–665. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.656.
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