Dravidogecko septentrionalis

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: Dravidogecko
Species: Dravidogecko septentrionalis

Name

Dravidogecko septentrionalis Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy & Karanth, 2019: 17

• Holotype: BNHS 2340, adult ♂, collected by B.H.C.K Murthy and R. Chaitanya on 27 November 2016.
• Type locality: “Lakkidi village (11.5184°N, 76.0451°E; ca. 873 m asl.), Wayanad District, Kerala”, India.

References

Primary references

• Chaitanya, R., Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Murthy, B.H.C.K. & Karanth, P. 2019. Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 4688(1): 1–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dravidogecko septentrionalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Wayanad Dravidogecko