A review of the gekkonid genus Calodactylodes (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka
Gekkonid lizards of the genus Calodactylodes are endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The genus consists of two species, C. aureus and C. illingworthorum (formerly C. illingworthi) and is diagnosable on the basis of derived digital structure, the presence of paraphalan...
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Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka
2000
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| Summary: | Gekkonid lizards of the genus
Calodactylodes
are endemic to peninsular India
and Sri Lanka. The genus consists of two species, C.
aureus
and C.
illingworthorum
(formerly C.
illingworthi)
and is diagnosable on the basis of derived digital
structure, the presence of paraphalanges, bright yellow gular patch (at least in
adult males), and distinctive vocalisation. The skeletal, hemipenial, and external
morphology of both species is described. Field observations of C.
aureus
at
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, indicate that males are highly vocal and that communal
egg-laying occurs.
Calodactylodes aureus
appears to be common in appropriate
habitats and is probably more widely distributed than previously believed.
Relationships of
Calodactylodes
to other gekkonids remain obscure but may
reflect Gondwanan origins. |
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