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Gekko verreauxi TYTLER, 1865

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Andaman giant gecko 
SynonymGekko verreauxi TYTLER 1865: 546
Gekko stentor – BOULENGER 1885 (part)
Gekko smithii – SMITH 1935 (part)
Gekko verreauxi — KLUGE 1993
Gekko verreauxi — RÖSLER 2000: 82
Gekko (Gekko) verreauxi — WOOD et al. 2019
Gekko (Gekko) verreauxi — WOOD et al. 2020 
DistributionIndia: Andaman Islands

Type locality: Andaman Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 68.4.3.64 (designated by Ota et al. 1991). Paralectotype. NHMUK 1868.4.3.65, an adult female from the same location. Other specimens: ZSI/ANRC (Andaman and Nicobar Islands Regional Centre). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large-bodied species of Gekko (SVL 140.06– 146.48 mm) characterized by: 12–14 supralabials; 9–13 infralabials; two elongate inner pairs of postmentals in broad contact with each other; two smaller, separated
outer pairs of postmentals; 11–13 precloacal pores in males; absence of femoral pores; two internasals in contact with each other; distinct ventrolateral dermal folds; 26–29 transverse rows of imbricate ventrals; 12 or 13 transverse rows of enlarged, rounded, dorsal tubercles; two to three enlarged post-cloacal spurs on each side of the vent; 18–20 undivided subdigital lamellae on toe IV; presence of five legible, dark, transverse bands in juveniles and subadults transforming into a nearly uniform dark-brown dorsal coloration in adults with a pale-white to light-brown venter (Chandramouli et al. 2021).


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CommentSynonymy: Partly after Chandramouli et al. 2021. Has been synonymized previously with Gekko smithii GRAY 1842 (by SMITH 1935 and others). 
EtymologyNamed after Jean Baptiste Edouard Verreaux (1810-1868) and Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873), naturalists, collectors, and dealers. 
References
  • Aengals, R.; V.M. Sathish Kumar & Muhamed Jafer Palot 2013. Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. Privately published, 24 pp.
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Montri Sumontha , & Olivier S. G. Pauwels 2008. A new red-eyed Gekko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Zootaxa 1750: 32-42 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Chandramouli SR, Gokulakrishnan G, Sivaperuman C, Grismer LL. 2021. A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, with an overview of congeners from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(1) [Taxonomy Section]: 108–125 (e276) - get paper here
  • MEESOOK, WORAWITOO; MONTRI SUMONTHA, NATTASUDA DONBUNDIT, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS 2021. A new cave-dwelling Gekko (Gekko) from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4969: 318–330 - get paper here
  • Mohan, Ashwini Venkatanarayana 2020. An update to species distribution records of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal. Herpetology Notes 13: 631-637 - get paper here
  • Ota,H.; Hikida,T. & Matsui,M. 1991. Re-evaluation of the status of Gekko verreauxi Tytler 1864, from the Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Herpetology 25 (2): 147-151 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H. 2001. Studien am Tokeh: 1. Gekko gecko azhari MERTENS 1955 (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 33-46
  • Skipwith, P.L., Bi, K., Oliver, P.M. 2019. Relicts and radiations: Phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2019), doi: - 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.
  • Tytler, R. C. 1865. Observations on a few species of geckos alive in the possession of the author. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 33 [1864]:535—548. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Vesely,M. 1999. A note on the morphology and natural history of Gekko verreauxi TYTLER 1864. Senckenbergiana biologica 79 (1): 95-99
  • Vogel, Gernot 2014. Die Andamanen – Ein wenig bekanntes Tierparadies. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (6): 44-55 - get paper here
  • Wood Jr, Perry L.; Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, Yong-Chao Su, Karen V. Olson, Aaron M. Bauer, L. Lee Grismer, Cameron D. Siler, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Andersen, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. bioRxiv 717520 [preprint] - get paper here
  • Wood, P. L., Guo, X., Travers, S. L., Su, Y. C., Olson, K. V., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Siler, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J. and Brown, R. M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731 [corrigendum: MPE 164: 107255] - get paper here
 
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