Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus kalakadensis Agarwal, Thackeray, Gangalmale, Pal & Khandekar in Agarwal et al., 2026: 428

• Holotype: NRC-AA-9672 (AK-R 603), adult ♀, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 29 April 2021.
• Type locality: “near Wood House (8.5220°N, 77.5040°E; ca. 230 m asl.), Kalakad Range, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T., Gangalmale, S., Satheeshkumar, M., Pal, S. & Khandekar, A. 2026. Spots amongst the stripes! Three new spotted species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata) from tiger conservation landscapes in peninsular India. Vertebrate Zoology 76: 421–454. DOI: 10.3897/vz.76.e192746 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kalakad Bent-toed Gecko