Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus (BOULENGER, 1885)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Deccan Banded Gecko, Boulenger’s Indian Gecko
Synonym	Gymnodactylus albofasciatus BOULENGER 1885: 37 Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus — SHARMA 1976 Geckoella albofasciatus — BAUER & GIRI 2004 Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) albofasciatus — WOOD et al. 2012 (by implication) Geckoella albofasciatus — AGARWAL & KARANTH 2015 Geckoella albofasciatus — RÖSLER 2017
Distribution	India (N Western Ghats, Goa and surroundings) Type locality: “South Canara”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1874.4.29.1038-1040, male (Boulenger mentions 4 specimens)
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Comment	This species has often been confused with G. dekkanensis and has only recently been resurrected from its synonymy by BAUER & GIRI (2004). Two nominal species of Indian geckos, Geckoella deccanensis and G. albofasciata, are similar in general appearance and have been regarded as conspecific by some recent authors. Although there are no obvious morphometric differences between the two forms, they differ consistently in dorsal scalation and in juvenile colour pattern. Geckoella deccanensis is characterized by large, flattened, juxtaposed dorsal scales and a series of yellow cross-bands on the body, whereas G. albofasciata has smaller, heterogeneous, conical dorsal scales and juveniles posses a series of white dorsal trunk bands and a single, yellow nape band.
References	Agarwal, Ishan; K. Praveen Karanth 2014. A phylogeny of the only ground-dwelling radiation of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae): diversification of Geckoella across peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82: 193-199 - get paper here ASHAHARRAZA, K. & PEDNEKAR, P. 2019. Ein neuer Beutenachweis für Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) aus den nördlichen Western Ghats, Indien. Sauria 41 (4): 64 - 66 - get paper here Bauer, A.M. & Giri, V. 2004. ON THE SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF GECKOELLA DECCANENSIS (GÜNTHER, 1864) AND G. ALBOFASCIATA (BOULENGER, 1885) (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE). Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 51 – 58 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160 SANAP, R.V., Z. A. MIRZA & K. ULLALKAR 2011. Notes on the Reproduction and Diet of Geckoella spp. in the North of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Sauria, Berlin 33 (2): 47-50 - get paper here Sharma, R. C. 1976. Records of the reptiles of Goa. Records Zool. Survey India 71 (1975): 149-167. - get paper here Venugopal, P.D. 2010. Addendum to An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (4): 848 - get paper here Wood Jr, Perry L.; Matthew P. Heinicke, Todd R. Jackman, Aaron M. Bauer 2012. Phylogeny of bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus) reveals a west to east pattern of diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 992–1003 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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