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Cyrtodactylus triedrus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted Bow-finger Gecko, Spotted Ground Gecko, Spotted Bent-toed Gecko, Sri Lanka Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus triedrus GÜNTHER 1864: 113
Geckoella punctata GRAY 1867: 99 (fide SMITH 1935)
Gymnodactylus triedrus — FERGUSON 1877: 12
Gymnodactylus triedrus — BOULENGER 1885: 38
Gymnodactylus triedrus — SMITH 1935: 55
Gymnodactylus triedrus — TAYLOR 1953: 1535
Cyrtodactylus triedrus — UNDERWOOD 1954: 475
Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) triedrus — WERMUTH 1965: 68
Geckoella triedrus — KLUGE 1993
Cyrtodactylus triedrus — RÖSLER 2000: 172
Geckoella triedra — WICKRAMASINGHE & SOMAWEERA 2002
Geckoella triedra — SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009
Geckoella triedrus — KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011
Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) triedra — WOOD et al. 2012
Geckoella triedrus — AGARWAL & KARANTH 2015
Cyrtodactylus triedrus — AMARASINGHE et al. 2022: 17 
DistributionSri Lanka (highlands)

Type locality: Ceylon.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1855.2.12.7; former Syntype: BMNH 1866.1.22.6-8 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Amarasinghe et al. 2022: 15 
CommentOriginal description in Amarasinghe et al. 2009.

Type species: Gymnodactylus triedrus GÜNTHER 1864 is the type species of the genus Geckoella GRAY 1867.

Synonymy: Wood et al. 2012 synonymized Geckoella with Cyrtodactylus, suggesting to maintain Geckoella as subgenus. 
References
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  • Amarasinghe, A. A. T., A. M. Bauer, I. Ineich, J. Rudge, M. M. Bahir & D. E. Gabadage 2009. The original descriptions and figures of Sri Lankan gekkonid lizards (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Taprobanica 1 (2): 83-106 - get paper here
  • Amarasinghe, A. A. Thasun; Suranjan Karunarathna, Patrick D. Campbell, A. K. Anusha Gayan, W. D. Bhanuka Ranasinghe, Anslem De Silva & Zeeshan A. Mirza 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, - get paper here
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