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Geckoella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gekkonidae

Scientific name
  
Geckoella

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Lacertilia

Subfamily
  
Gekkoninae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Lower classifications
  
Geckoella collegalensis, Geckoella jeyporensis

Geckoella is a genus of Gekkonidae endemic to India and Sri Lanka.

Classification of genus Geckoella

The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Geckoella has not been resolved to date. Based on morphology, Bauer (2002) suggested that it was a subgenus of Cyrtodactylus but a phylogenetic study by Feng et al. (2007), though with inadequate sampling of taxa, restored it to generic status once again.

Seven species have been recorded to date.

The five species found in India, listed alphabetically, are :

  • Geckoella albofasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) – Boulenger’s Indian Gecko
  • Geckoella collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) – Kollegal Ground Gecko
  • Geckoella deccanensis (Günther, 1864) – Günther's Indian Gecko or Banded Ground Gecko
  • Geckoella jeyporensis (Beddome, 1877) – Patinghe Indian Gecko
  • Geckoella nebulosus (Beddome, 1870)

    • Two species found in Sri Lanka, listed alphabetically, are :

  • Geckoella triedrus (Günther, 1864) - Sri Lanka Gecko
  • Geckoella yakhuna (Deraniyagala, 1945) - Northern Sri Lanka Gecko,

    • occur in the arid and moist zones of Sri Lanka respectively.

    References

    Geckoella Wikipedia
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