Geckoella

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

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

see text

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.[4]

Seven species have been recorded.[5]

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. 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. "A Phylogeny of the Only Ground-dwelling Radiation of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae): Diversification of Geckoella across peninsular India and Sri Lanka". novataxa. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. Geckoella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Works cited
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