Soan gecko

The Soan gecko (Cyrtopodion indusoani ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Pakistan.

Soan gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. indusoani
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion indusoani
(Khan, 1988)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyrtodactylus indusoani
    Khan, 1988
  • Tenuidactylus indusoani
    — Khan, 1993
  • Cyrtopodion indusoani
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Indogekko indusoani
    — Khan, 2003
  • Cyrtopodion (Indogekko) indusoani
    — Bauer et al., 2013

Etymology

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

C. indusoani is found in Punjab Province, Pakistan.[1]

References
  1. Cyrtopodion indusoani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading
  • 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).


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