Cyrtodactylus soba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus soba

Name

Cyrtodactylus soba Batuwita & Bahir, 2005: 369

• Holotype: WHT 6042, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Bahir and S. Nanayakkara on 25 May 1999.
• Type locality: “Corbett’s Gap, Knuckles Mountains, Matale District (07°22’N, 80°51’E, alt. 1100 m)”, Sri Lanka.
• Paratypes (n=7): WHT 0110, adult ♀, Corbett’s Gap, near Rangala, Knuckles Mountains, Matale District, (07°22’N, 80°51’E, alt. 1100 m), collected by K. Manamendra-Arachchi on 25 May 1999; WHT 6043–45, 3 adult ♂ and NMSL RG, WHT 6046-6065, 3 adult ♀, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Batuwita, S. & Bahir, M.M. 2005. Description of five new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 12: 351–380. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• de Silva, A., Bauer, A., Goonewardene, S., Drake, J., Nathaniel, S. & de Silva, P. 2005. The Dumbara bent toed gecko Cyrtodactylus soba: The dominant gekkonid lizard inhabiting the Knuckles massif. Lyriocephalus (Special Issue) 6(1–2): 137–144.
• Ziesmann, S., Janzen, P. & Klaas, P. 2007. Die Vielfalt der Geckos [Sri Lankas]. Draco 7(30): 38–44.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus soba. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2023.
• Gunawardene, S., Ukuwela, K., Kannishka, S. & Vidanapathirana, D. 2021. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus soba  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197219A123312107. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197219A123312107.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Dumbara Bent Toed Gecko