Cyrtodactylus irulaorum
Cyrtodactylus irulaorum, the Irula geckoella, is a small gecko that was found in the Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu.[2] It reaches about 7.6 cm (3 in) in length. It, like the Relict gecko, has a light tan coloring, that slowly changes to a dark brown.
| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. irulaorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2023[1] | |
Etymology
The name for the gecko comes from the Irula people of Tamil Nadu, who are known as “The Snake People of South India”.
References
- Ishan Agarwal; Tejas Thackeray; Akshay Khandekar (May 2023). "Two new spotted species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex from the south-eastern coast of India (Reptilia: Squamata)". Vertebrate Zoology. 73: 475-498. doi:10.3897/vz.73.e102602.
- "Thackeray foundation students find two new Geckoella species". The Times of India. 2023-05-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
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