Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis Agarwal, 2016: 238

• Holotype: NCBS AQ742, adult ♀, collected by Aparna Lajmi, Aniruddha Datta-Roy, and V. Deepak on 14 March 2014.
• Type locality: “Horsley Hills, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I. 2016. Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India. Zootaxa 4193(2): 228–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2023.
• Ganesh, S.R., Srinivasulu, C. & Mohapatra, P. 2021. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T127941170A127941237. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127941170A127941237.en. Accessed on 14 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Rishi Valley Geckoella