Calodactylodes illingworthorum DERANIYAGALA, 1953

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Illingworth's Gecko, Sri Lankan Golden Gecko, Great Rock gecko Sinhala: Maha gal huna
Synonym	Calodactylodes illingworthi DERANIYAGALA 1953: 49 Calodactylodes illingworthi — WERMUTH 1965: 11 Calodactylodes illingworthorum — BAUER & DAS 2000 Calodactylodes illingworthi — RÖSLER 2000: 61 Calodactylodes illingworthorum — MICHELS & BAUER 2004 Calodactylodes illingworthi — DUBOIS 2007
Distribution	Sri Lanka (Nuvara Gala Rock) Type locality: Nuvara Gala Rock (elevation: 1200 feet) near Maha Oya, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMSL = CNM; paratypes: BMNH
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Margaret and Percy Illingworth. As the name honours two people named Illingworth, the specific epithet is incorrect and must be emended to illingworthorum according to BAUER & DAS (2000).
References	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 Bauer, A.M. & I. Das 2000. A review of the gekkonid genus Calodactylodes (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka. J.South Asian Nat. Hist., Colombo, 5 (1): 25-35 Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. Dayananda, Buddhi, Simeon Bezeng Bezeng, Suranjan Karunarathna, and Ross A Jeffree. 2021. Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Reptiles: Likely Effects and Future Research Needs Based on Sri Lankan Perspectives . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - get paper here Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. A new Calodactylodes gecko from Ceylon. J. Roy. Asiatic Soc. (Ceylon) 3: 27-28 Dubois, A. 2007. Genitives of species and subspecies nomina derived from personal names should not be emended. Zootaxa 1550: 49–68 - get paper here Kandamby, DharmaSri 1997. Herpetological types reposed in the National Museum Colombo, Sri Lanka. Lyriocephalus 3 (1): 31-33 Karunarathna, D. M. S. S. & A. A. T. Amarasinghe 2011. NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF CALODACTYLODES ILLINGWORTHORUM DERANIYAGALA, 1953 (SAURIA: GEKKONIDAE) IN SOUTH-EASTERN SRI LANKA. Herpetotropicos 6 (1-2): 05-10 - get paper here Karunarathna, D. M. S. S. and A. A. T. Amarasinghe 2008. Current Distribution pattern, Ecology and Conservation of Calodactylodes illingworthorum Deraniyagala, 1953 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) from Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the International symposium of Forestry and Environment, University of Sri Jayawardanapura: 64. Karunarathna, Suranjan D. M. S. and A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe 2011. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE REPTILE FAUNA IN NILGALA FOREST AND ITS VICINITY, MONARAGALA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA. Taprobanica 3 (2): 69-76 - get paper here Michels, J.P. & A.M. Bauer 2004. Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52: 83–94 [2005] [Note: Dubois 2007 rejected most of the changes made in this paper] - get paper here Rathnayake, Nimal D. 2005. The Great Rock Gecko (Calodactylodes iIIingworthorum) of Sri Lanka. Gekko 4 (2): 42-44 Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Silva, Anslem de; Aaron M. Bauer, B.J.K. Perera, R.L. Jayaratne, M. Goonasekera, S. Goonawardena, Z. Hawke, V. Vanneck and A. Drion 2005. Some Aspects of the Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Geckos by Students near the Nilgala Forest, Sri Lanka. Gekko 4 (2): 32-36 Somaweera, R. & Somaweera, N. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 pp. Wickramasinghe, Mendis & Ruchira Somaweera 2002. Distribution and Current Status of the Endemic Geckos of Sri Lanka. Gekko 3 (1): 2-13 Ziesmann, S.; Janzen, P. & Klaas, P. 2007. Die Vielfalt der Geckos [Sri Lankas]. Draco 7 (30): 38-44 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.SriLankanReptiles.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/254166006808005/ Google images

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