Geckoella jeyporensis [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis
Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis, also known as the Jeypore Indian gecko, the Jeypore ground gecko, or the Patinghe Indian gecko, is a critically endangered species of gecko found in India, which was until recently considered extinct. Described from a single specimen in 1877, it was rediscovered in 2010 in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha state, India.
Discovery and rediscovery.
The species was described in 1877 by then Lt Col Richard Henry Beddome of the Madras Presidency Army, from a single male specimen obtained from the woods
have been recorded.
The five species found in India, listed alphabetically, are :
- "Geckoella albofasciatus" (Boulenger, 1885)– Boulenger's Indian gecko
- "Geckoella collegalensis" (Beddome, 1870) – Kollegal ground gecko
- "Geckoella deccanensis" (Günther, 1864)
- "Geckoella jeyporensis" (Beddome, 1877) – Patinghe Indian gecko
- "Geckoella nebulosus" (Beddome, 1870)
Two species found in Sri Lanka, listed alphabetically, are :
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