Dravidogecko coonoor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Dravidogecko
Species: Dravidogecko coonoor

Name

Dravidogecko coonoor Abinesh, Naveen, Srikanthan, Babu & Ganesh, 2025

• Holotype: ZSI/SRS/VRL 1049, adult ♂, collected by A.N. Srikanthan and A. Abinesh on 30 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Ottupattarai (11.3501°N, 76.7799°E; 1810 m asl) in Coonoor township, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India”.

References

Primary references

• Abinesh, A., Naveen, R.S., Srikanthan, A.N., Babu, S. & Ganesh, S.R. 2025. Code-compliant description of a recently identified distinct Dravidogecko species from Coonoor, Western Ghats, India (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Bionomina 42(1): 76–86. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.42.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Coonoor Dravidogecko