Jammu bent-toed gecko

The Jammu bent-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion mansarulum) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern India.

Jammu bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. mansarulum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion mansarulum
Duda & Sahi, 1978
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyrtodactylus mansarulus
    Duda & Sahi, 1978
  • Cyrtopodion mansarulum
    — Agarwal et al., 2014

Geographic range

C. mansarulum is found in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It may also occur in adjacent northern Pakistan.

Reproduction

C. mansarulum is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Cyrtopodion mansarulus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Agarwal, Ishan; Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; Karanth, Praveen (2014). "Cryptic species and Miocene diversification of Palaearctic naked-toed geckos (Squamata Gekkonidae) in the Indian dry zone". Zoologica Scripta 43 (5): 455–471. (Cyrtopodion mansarulum, new combination).
  • Duda PL, Sahi DN (1978). "Cyrtodactylus mansarulus n. sp. from Jammu". Indian Science Congress Proceedings 65 (3C): 211. (Cyrtodactylus mansarulus, new species).
  • Rösler, Herbert (2000) "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus mansarulus, p. 66). (in German).
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