Dravidogecko

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus:
Species (8):
D. anamallensis –
D. beddomei –
D. douglasadamsi –
D. janakiae –
D. meghamalaiensis –
D. septentrionalis –
D. smithi –
D. tholpalli
Name
Dravidogecko Smith, 1933: 14
- Type species: Gecko anamallensis Günther, 1875, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Smith, M.A. 1933. Remarks on some Old-World geckos. Records of the Indian Museum 35: 9–19.
Additional references
- Bauer, A.M. & Russell, A.P. 1995. The systematic relationships of Dravidogecko anamallensis (Günther 1875). Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 30–35. BHL Reference page.
- Bansal, R. & Karanth, K.P. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis and molecular dating suggest that Hemidactylus anamallensis is not a member of the Hemidactylus radiation and has an ancient late Cretaceous origin. PLoS ONE 8(5): e60615. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060615
Reference page. - 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. - Adhikari, O.D., Srikanthan, A.N. & Ganesh, S.R. 2023. A new species of Dravidogecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the under-surveyed Periyar Plateau of the Southern Western Ghats in Peninsular India. European Journal of Taxonomy 870: 146–166. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.870.2125
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Dravidogecko . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 February 2025.
Vernacular names
- English: Dravid Geckos