Salt Range gecko

The Salt Range gecko (Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern Pakistan.

Salt Range gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. montiumsalsorum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum
(Annandale, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnodactylus
    montium-salsorum
    Annandale, 1913
  • Tenuidactylus
    montiumsalsorum
    — Khan, 1989
  • Cyrtopodion
    montiumsalsorum
    — Rösler, 2000

Geographic range

C. montiumsalsorum is found in the Salt Range of Punjab province, Pakistan. It may also occur in northern India.[1]

Reproduction

C. montiumsalsorum is oviparous.[1]

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

Further reading
  • Annandale N (1913). "The Indian Geckos of the Genus Gymnodactylus ". Records of the Indian Museum 9: 309-326 + Plates XVI-XVII. (Gymnodactylus montium-salsorum, new species, pp. 313–315 + Plate XVII, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c).
  • Khan MS (1989). "Rediscovery and Redescription of the Highland Ground Gecko, Tenuidactylus montiumsalsorum (Annandale, 1913)". Herpetologica 45 (1): 46–54.
  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers), xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Gymnodactylus montium-salsorum, p. 42).


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