Cyrtodactylus punctatus

Taxonavigation

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

Cyrtodactylus punctatus (Gray, 1867)

Lectotype: NHMUK 1866.1.22.6, adult ♂. [designated by Amarasinghe et al. (2022: 15)]
Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”, probably collected from the environs of Matale (fide Ferguson, 1877; 7°28'02"N, 80°37'24"E, datum ¼ WGS84; 365 m above sea level), Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Paralectotype: NHMUK 1866.1.22.7, adult ♀, same data as the lectotype.

Geckoella punctata Gray, 1867: 99 [original combination]
Cyrtodactylus punctatus — Amarasinghe et al., 2022: 15 [subsequent combination]

Gray, J.E. 1867. On a new geckoid lizard from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 98–99. BHL
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.

Smith, M.A. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. Taylor and Francis: London. xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps.Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cyrtodactylus punctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 February 2023.

English: Knuckles Ground-gecko

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