Cyrtodactylus karsticola

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 karsticola

Name

Cyrtodactylus karsticola Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Bohra, Biakzuala, Decemson, Muansanga, Vabeiryureilai, Chauhan & Rathee, 2021: 458

• Holotype: MZMU 2155, adult ♂, collected by Yashpal Singh Rathee, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Sanath C. Bohra and Suraj Chauhan on 21 November 2020.
• Type locality: “nearby a dirt road connecting National Highway 217 with the west bank of the Simsang River (25.355763°N, 90.690746°E; elevation 100 m a.s.l.), outskirts of Siju village, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya state, northeast India”.

References

Primary references

• Purkayastha, J., Lalremsanga, H.T., Bohra, S.C., Biakzuala, L., Decemson, H.T., Muansanga, L., Vabeiryureilai, M., Chauhan, S. & Rathee, Y.S. 2021. Four new Bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus Gray: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4980(3): 451–489. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Karst Dwelling Bent-toed Gecko