The Bangalore geckoella (Cyrtodactylus srilekhae) is a species of nocturnal terrestrial gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.
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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. srilekhae
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| Cyrtodactylus srilekhae Agarwal, 2016
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Etymology edit
The specific name, srilekhae, is in honor of Srilekha Agarwal, who is the mother of the binomial authority.[2]
Geographic range edit
C. srilekhae[3] is found in the Eastern Ghats and parts of hilly surrounding terrain, in Mysore plateau. It is recorded from the outskirts of the city of Bangalore and adjacent regions, along the borders of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states (in the Melagiri hills), in South India.[2][4]
Habitat edit
C. srilekhae inhabits dense leaf-litter and hides under stones on the forest floor of mixed deciduous forest tracts on hill slopes.[2][4]
Description edit
Small for its genus, C. srilekhae may attain a snout-to-vent length of 5 cm (2.0 in). It is often confused with C. collegalensis.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Ganesh, S.R.; Mohapatra, P (2021). "Cyrtodactylus srilekhae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T127941283A127941294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127941283A127941294.en. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Species Cyrtodactylus srilekhae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Agarwal, Ishan (2016). "Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India". Zootaxa 4193 (2): 228–244. (Cyrtodactylus srilekhae, new species).
- ^ a b Ganesh SR, Kalaimani A, Karthik P, Baskaran N, Nagarajan R, Chandramouli SR (2018). "Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India – II. From Western Ghats to Coromandel Coast". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 17 (1): 28-45.