Geckoella triedrus

Spotted Ground Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scleroglossa
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Geckoella
Species: G. triedrus
Binomial name
Geckoella triedrus
Günther, 1864

Spotted Bent-toed Gecko, Gekkoella triedrus, also known as Sri Lanka Gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka.

Habitat & Distribution

A small, dark, turnip-tailed (when regenarated) gecko from Sri Llanka's midhills below 700m. Known localities include Peradeniya, Gammaduwa, Kithulgala, and Knuckles Mountain Range.

Description

Body is with small, granular scales, intermixed with larger keeled scales. Midventral scakes are cycloid and imbricate, numbring 35. Toes short. Males with 3-4 pre-anal pores and 3-4 femoral pores. Dorsum dark brown to nearly black, typically with small white spots that are edged with brown color. Venter is light brown.

Ecology & Diet

Found under and inside decaying fallen logs. At Knuckles, it is found inside houses, under piles of wood. Diet presumably consists small arthropods.

Reproduction

2 eggs with 10 * 12mm are produced at a time between the months of April and July. Hatchlings measure 23mm and lack the pale spots on dorsum.

References

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