Cyrtopodion fortmunroi

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: Cyrtopodion
Species: Cyrtopodion fortmunroi

Name

Cyrtopodion fortmunroi (Khan, 1993)

Type locality: Khar Gardens, 3 km W, down the Fort Munro hill, District Dera Ghazi Khan, 25 km W Dera Ghazi Khan city, 25° 53’ N, 70° 3’ E, elevation 1800 m (coordinates in original description are wrong; the correct ones are 29° 55′ 33″ N, 69° 59′ 0″ E).

Holotype: BMNH 1990.4

Etymology: The species is named after the name of the type locality.

Synonyms

Tenuidactylus fortmunroi Khan 1993
Indogekko fortmunroi — Khan 2003

References

Khan M S 1993. A new sandstone gecko from Fort Munro, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 25 (3) 1993: 217–221.
Khan, M.S. 2003. Questions of generic designation of angular-toed geckos of Pakistan with descriptions of three new genera (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). J. nat. hist. Wildl. 2 (2): 1–9.
Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.
Cyrtopodion fortmunroi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 january 2016.
IUCN: Cyrtopodion fortmunroi (Khan, 1993) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Fort Munro Sandstone Gecko