Giri's geckoella

Giri's geckoella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. varadgirii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer, 2016

Giri's geckoella (Cyrtodactylus varadgirii) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, varadgirii, is in honour of Indian herpetologist Varad Giri.[1]

Geographic range

C. varadgirii is found in parts of western and central India. It is one of the most widely distributed members of this genus in India, occurring throughout most of the state of Maharashtra and parts of the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.[1]

Behaviour and habitat

C. varadgirii is nocturnal, insectivorous and terrestrial, living in dense leaf-litter on the forest floor.[1]

Description

Small for its genus, C. varadgirii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[1]

Reproduction

C. varadgirii is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Cyrtodactylus varadgirii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading

• Agarwal A, Mirza ZA, Pal S, Maddock ST, Mishra A, Bauer AM (2016). "A new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western India". Zootaxa 4170 (2): 339–354. (Cyrtodactylus varadgirii, new species).