Cyrtodactylus aravindi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus aravindi

Name

Cyrtodactylus aravindi Narayanan, Das, Balan, Tom, Divakar, Rajkumar, Hopeland & Deepak, 2022: 732

• Holotype: ZSI-R 28275, adult ♂, collected by P. Hopeland and Amirtha Balan on 4 April 2022.
• Type locality: “Muppandal, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari dis trict, Tamil Nadu, India (8.260862°N, 77.557513°E, 108 m above sea level)”.

References

Primary references

• Narayanan, S., Das, S., Balan, A., Tom, R., Divakar, N., Rajkumar, K.P., Hopeland, P. & Deepak, V. 2022. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 729–743. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89660 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Aravind’s Ground Gecko