| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. irulaorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2023 | |
Cyrtodactylus irulaorum, the Irula geckoella, is a small species of gecko. It is endemic to the Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu. It reaches about 5.1 cm (2 in) in snout–vent length and 8.3 cm (3 in) in total length. It, like the relict gecko, has a light tan coloring, that slowly changes to a dark brown.
Etymology
The name for the gecko comes from the Irula people of Tamil Nadu, who are known as “The Snake People of South India”.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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| Cyrtodactylus irulaorum | |
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