Cyrtodactylus deccanensis (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gunther's Indian Gecko, Banded Ground Gecko
Synonym	Gymnodactylus deccanensis GÜNTHER 1864: 115 Gymnodactylus deccanensis — BOULENGER 1885: 36 Gymnodactylus dekkanensis — SMITH 1935: 59 (nom. subst., invalid emend.) Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) deccanensis — WERMUTH 1965: 50 Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) deccanensis — ULBER & GERICKE 1988 Geckoella deccanensis — KLUGE 1991 Geckoella deccanensis — KLUGE 1993 Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) deccanensis — RÖSLER 2000: 65 Geckoella deccanensis — BAUER & GIRI 2004 Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) deccanensis — WOOD et al. 2012 Geckoella deccanensis — AGARWAL & KARANTH 2015
Distribution	India (N Western Ghats, NW Maharashtra, Gujarat) Type locality: “Deccan”, Bombay Presidency.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 60.3.19.1032, "Deccan" (the plains of peninsular India).
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: Gymnodactylus albofasciatus BOULENGER 1885 has been removed from the synonymy of G. dekkanensis 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.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
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 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 Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here Karthik, P., P. Sharma & O.J. Nazareth 2018. Deccan Ground Gecko: An unusual body pattern of Cyrtodactylus deccanensis (GUnther, 1864) from Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, northern Western Ghats, India. Reptile Rap #189. In: Zoo's Print 33 (11): 12-14 - get paper here Krysko, K. L.; Rehman, H. & Auffenberg, K. 2007. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) from Pakistan. Herpetologica 63 (1): 100-113 - get paper here MAYEKAR, PRASAD; MANDAR GHUMARE, SHASHANK RAUL, PRATHAMESH GHADEKAR & OMKAR YADAV. 2022. Xanthism in the Deccan Banded Gecko, Cyrtodactylus deccanensis (Günther 1864). Reptiles & Amphibians 29(1): 316–317. - get paper here Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp. Patel, Harshil; and Raju Vyas 2019. Reptiles of Gujarat, India: Updated Checklist, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Herpetology Notes 12: 765-777 - get paper here Patel, Harshil; Raju Vyas, Vaibhav Naik, Bhautik Dudhatra & Shantilal K. Tank 2018. Herpetofauna of the Northern Western Ghats of Gujarat, India. Zoology and Ecology, DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2018.1499237 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 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 Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Ulber T & Gericke, F. 1988. Zur Problematik der Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse in der Gattung Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 und Bemerkungen zur Gattung Nactus Kluge 1983 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). - Der Versuch einer - auch philosophischen - Analyse. Veröff. Naturhist. Mus. Schleusingen 3: 67-74 Venugopal, P.D. 2010. 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 (3): 725-738. - get paper here VYAS, RAJU and VIRAL PRAJAPATI 2012. Record of Geckoella deccanensis (Guenther 1864) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Dang, Gujarat State, India. Gekko 6 (2): 2-6 Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80): 1—246 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 Youmans, Timothy M. & L. Lee Grismer 2006. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia. Herpetological Natural History 10 (1): 61-70
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