Soan gecko
Soan gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtopodion |
Species: | C. indusoani |
Binomial name | |
Cyrtopodion indusoani (Khan, 1988) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
The Soan gecko (Cyrtopodion indusoani ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Pakistan.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, indusoani, refers to two rivers, the Indus and the Soan, near the confluence of which the holotype specimen was collected.[1]
Geographic range
[edit]C. indusoani is found in Punjab Province, Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cyrtopodion indusoani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Bauer, Aaron M.; Masroor, Rafaqat; Titus-McQuillan, James; Heinicke, Matthew P.; Daza, Juan D.; Jackman, Todd R. (2013). "A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications". Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324.
- Khan MS (1988). "A new cyrtodactylid lizard from northwestern Punjab, Pakistan". Journal of Herpetology 22 (2): 241–243. (Cyrtodactylus indusoani, new species).