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Cyrtodactylus vedda AMARASINGHE, KARUNARATHNA, CAMPBELL, GAYAN, RANASINGHE, DE SILVA & MIRZA, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Veddas ground-gecko
Sinhala: Vedi bim-hoona 
SynonymCyrtodactylus (Geckoella) vedda AMARASINGHE, KARUNARATHNA, CAMPBELL, GAYAN, RANASINGHE, DE SILVA & MIRZA 2022
Geckoella triedra – GOONEWARDENE et al. 2004
Geckoella triedra – DE SILVA et al. 2004
Geckoella triedra – SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009 [partim]
Geckoella triedra – KARUNARATHNA et al. 2013
Geckoella triedrus (sic) – KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011
Geckoella triedrus (sic) – AGARWAL & KARANTH 2015
Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) triedra (sic) – WOOD et al. 2012 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: Rathugala (717'42.08"N, 8122'42.89"E, datum 1⁄4 WGS84; 300 m above sea level), Bibile, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NMSL 2021.07.01, Adult male, collected by Suranjan Karunarathna collected on 25 June 2018.
Paratype. Subadult female, NMSL 2021.07.02, col- lected from Yakunhela (7 12'03.42"N, 81 19'47.03"E, datum = WGS84; 350 m above sea level), same collection data as the holotype. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: see map in Amarasinghe et al. 2022: 14 (Fig. 7) 
EtymologyThe specific epithet refers to the “veddas”, a minority population of ancient aboriginal indigenous ethnic group of people living in the vicinity of the new species (e.g. Nilgala, Ratugala) in Sri Lanka is formed here as an invariable noun in apposition. Vedda clans are classified as a separate ethnic group. A clan of old descendants of the “rock veddas” or rock cave dwellers currently live in hamlets in Ratugala and Nilgala where probably the most established group of veddas in Sri Lanka still live (Osman Hill, 1932). However, some of them are now intermingled with the Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic groups. The original name for the vedda in Ratugala and Nilgala is “Danigala vedda” – they left the Danigala rock caves many years ago and settled in the Rathugla area. 
References
  • 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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