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Cyrtodactylus subsolanus

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Sinharaja Bent-toed Gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. subsolanus
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus subsolanus
Batuwita & Bahir, 2005

Sinharaja Bent-toed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus subsolanus, is a species of geckos endemic to island of Sri Lanka.

Habitat & Distribution

Restricted to Dolahena Estate, near Morningside Forest Reserve, at the edge of Sinharaja.

Description

Head is broad. Scales under fourth toe 9-10. Long claws. Mental subtriangular. MIdventrals 30-32. Ventral scales imbricate to subimbricate. A single continuous series of 5 pores in pre-anal depression. Dorsum medium brown with 4 dark brown bands on body, the width of which exceed those of the lighter interspaces. A dark canthal stripe with same color found that meets on nape.

Ecology

Found on tree trunks in a cardamom plantations adjoining a tea garden.

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