Cyrtodactylus fraenatus

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 fraenatus

Name

Cyrtodactylus fraenatus (Günther, 1864)

• Lectotype: BMNH 53.2.12.6, ♂. [designated by Batuwita & Bahir (2005: 351)]
• Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.
• Paralectotypes (n=2): BMNH 53.7.19.10, subadult ♂, and BMNH 53.3.30.13, ♀, same data as for the lectotype.

Combinations

• Gymnodactylus fraenatus Günther, 1864: 113 [original combination]
• Gymnodactylus frenatus — Boulenger, 1885: 42 [emendation]
• Cyrtodactylus frenatus — Underwood, 1954: 475 [subsequent combination]
• Gonydactylus fraenatus — Kluge, 1991 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Cyrtodactylus ramboda Batuwita & Bahir, 2005: 366 [synonymised by Amarasinghe et al. (2022: 6)]
  • Holotype: WHT 6050, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Bahir, S. Batuwita and S. Nanayakkara on 25 March 2004.
  • Type locality: “Ramboda near Gerandi Ella falls, Nuwara Eliya District (07°02’30”N, 80°41’20”E, alt. 780 m)”, Sri Lanka.
  • Paratypes (n=2): WHT 6051, adult ♀, and WHT 6052, subadult ♀, same locality as holotype, collected by M.M. Bahir and K. Wewelwala on 25 March 2004.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Batuwita, S. & Bahir, M.M. 2005. Description of five new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 12: 351–380. PDF Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, S., Campbell, P.D., Gayan, A.K.A., Ranasinghe, W.D.B., de Silva, A. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka’s ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039319 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus fraenatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2023.
• Ukuwela, K., Kannishka, S. & Samarawickrama, P. 2021. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus fraenatus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197221A123312117. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197221A123312117.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lanka Bow-fingered Gecko