Geckoella

Geckoella
Individual at Dandeli (Geckoella sp)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Geckoella Gray, 1867 [1] [2]
Type species
Geckoella punctata Gray, 1867
Species
see text

Geckoella is a disputed genus of Gekkonidae endemic to India and Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [3]}

Classification of genus Geckoella

The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Geckoella has not been resolved to date. Based on morphology, Bauer (2002) suggested that it was a subgenus of Cyrtodactylus but a phylogenetic study by Feng et al. (2007), though with inadequate sampling of taxa, restored it to generic status once again. ^[1] They have all been placed under the genus Cyrtodactylus until a more definitive classification can be worked out. ^[4]

Seven species have been recorded. ^[5]

The five species found in India, listed alphabetically, are : ^[1]

• Geckoella albofasciatus (Boulenger, 1885)– Boulenger's Indian gecko
• Geckoella collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) – Kollegal ground gecko
• Geckoella deccanensis (Günther, 1864)
• Geckoella irulaorum (Agarwal, 2023) ^[6]
• Geckoella jeyporensis (Beddome, 1877) – Patinghe Indian gecko
• Geckoella nebulosus (Beddome, 1870)

Two species found in Sri Lanka, listed alphabetically, are :

• Geckoella triedrus (Günther, 1864) - Sri Lanka Gecko
• Geckoella yakhuna (Deraniyagala, 1945) - Northern Sri Lanka Gecko,

occur in the arid and moist zones of Sri Lanka respectively. ^[1]

References

1. Agarwal, Ishan; Datta-Roy, Aniruddha; Bauer, Aaron M.; Giri, Varad (2012). "Rediscovery of Geckoella jeyporensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad. 36 (1). Madras Crocodile Bank: 17–24.
2. Gray, J. E. (1867). "On a New Geckoid Lizard from Ceylon". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 98–99. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1867.tb00429.x.
3. Beddome, R.H. (1878). "Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 685–686. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
4. "A Phylogeny of the Only Ground-dwelling Radiation of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae): Diversification of Geckoella across peninsular India and Sri Lanka". novataxa. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
5. Geckoella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
6. Pflughoeft, Aspen. "Creatures shining eyes on farm lead to discovery of new species in India, study says". The State. McClatchy Media Network. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

Works cited

• Bauer, Aaron M. (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 53 (7): 73–86.
• Feng, Jinye; Han, Demin; Bauer, Aaron M.; Zhou, Kaiya (2007). "Interrelationships Among Gekkonid Geckos Inferred from Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Sequences". Zoological Science. 24 (7): 656–665. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.656. PMID   17824773. S2CID   46274800.