Cyrtodactylus irulaorum
| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. irulaorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2023[1]
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Cyrtodactylus irulaorum, the Irula geckoella, is a small species of gecko.[1][2] It is endemic to the Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu.[1][3] It reaches about 5.1 cm (2 in) in snout–vent length and 8.3 cm (3 in) in total length.[1] It, like the relict gecko, has a light tan coloring, that slowly changes to a dark brown.
Etymology
[edit]The name for the gecko comes from the Irula people of Tamil Nadu,[1][2] who are known as “The Snake People of South India”.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b Cyrtodactylus irulaorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Thackeray foundation students find two new Geckoella species". The Times of India. 2023-05-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-06-06.