Jammu bent-toed gecko

The Jammu bent-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion mansarulum) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern India.

Jammu bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtopodion
Species:	C. mansarulum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion mansarulum Duda & Sahi, 1978
Synonyms[1]
Cyrtodactylus mansarulus Duda & Sahi, 1978 Cyrtopodion mansarulum — Agarwal et al., 2014

Geographic range

C. mansarulum is found in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It may also occur in adjacent northern Pakistan.

Reproduction

C. mansarulum is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Cyrtopodion mansarulus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Agarwal, Ishan; Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; Karanth, Praveen (2014). "Cryptic species and Miocene diversification of Palaearctic naked-toed geckos (Squamata Gekkonidae) in the Indian dry zone". Zoologica Scripta 43 (5): 455–471. (Cyrtopodion mansarulum, new combination).
• Duda PL, Sahi DN (1978). "Cyrtodactylus mansarulus n. sp. from Jammu". Indian Science Congress Proceedings 65 (3C): 211. (Cyrtodactylus mansarulus, new species).
• Rösler, Herbert (2000) "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Cyrtodactylus mansarulus, p. 66). (in German).