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Cyrtodactylus fraenatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

IUCN Red List - Cyrtodactylus fraenatus - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sri Lanka Bow-fingered Gecko
G: Grosser Waldgecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus fraenatus GÜNTHER 1864: 113
Gymnodactylus fraenatus — FERGUSON 1877: 12
Gymnodactylus frenatus — BOULENGER 1885: 42 (nom. emend.)
Gymnodactylus frenatus — SMITH 1935: 49
Gymnodactylus frenatus — TAYLOR 1953: 1536
Cyrtodactylus frenatus — UNDERWOOD 1954: 475
Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) fraenatus — WERMUTH 1965: 52
Gymnodactylus frenatus — MANTHEY 1981
Cyrtodactylus fraenatus — RÖSLER 1995: 109
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) fraenatus — RÖSLER 2000: 65
Cyrtodactylus ramboda BATUWITA & BAHIR 2005
Cyrtodactylus fraenatus — KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: Ceylon.

ramboda: Sri Lanka; Type locality: Ramboda near Gerandi Ella falls, Nuwara Eliya District (07°02’30”N,80°41’20”E, elevation 780 m).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 53.2.12.6 (designated by BATUWITA & BAHIR 2005)
Holotype: NMSL (= WHT) 6050, adult male (99.1 mm SVL), (regenerated tail, bearing a mid-ventral incision) [ramboda] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cyrtodactylus fraenatus is distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following characters:subdigital lamellae beneath proximal portion of 4 th digit of manus 7 –9,beneath distal portion 11 –15; basal lamellae under proximal portion as wide as digit width;subdigital lamellae beneath proximal portion of 4 th digit of pes 8 –11, beneath distal portion 13 –16; no precloacal groove; 4 –6 precloacal pores in males;claws long (ClawLM/ ForeaL ratio 0.07 –0.14; ClawLP/CrusL ratio 0.07 –0.12);mental subpentagonal,with concave posterio-lateral borders; 27 –35 scales across mid-body between ventrolateral folds; dorsal scales across mid-body between ventrolateral folds 70 –74;17 –22 tubercles on paravertebral row; 5 –9 rows of weakly convex dorsal tubercles at mid-body; ventral scales imbricate with rounded posterior edge. Original tail longer than body (TailL/SVL ratio range 1.08 –1.16). Cyrtodactylus fraenatus resembles C. ramboda new species and C .subsolanus new species. It may be distinguished from the former by having 17 –23 paravertebral tubercles (vs.38 – 44 in C.ramboda ), and from the latter by its distinct dorsal bands (vs.indistinct dorsal bands in C .subsolanus).


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CommentSynonymy: Amarasinghe et al. 2022 synonymized C. ramboda with C. fraenatus.

NCBI taxonID: 2823432 [ramboda] 
EtymologyC. ramboda was named after the type locality. 
References
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