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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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{{Taxobox | name = Indian golden gecko
{{Speciesbox
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| name = Indian golden gecko
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| image = Indian Golden Gecko.jpg
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| image_caption = ''Calodactylodes aureus'' <br/>from Gingee, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
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| genus = Calodactylodes
| subordo = [[Sauria]]
| species = aureus
| familia = [[Gekkonidae]]
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| authority = ([[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1870)
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| genus = ''[[Calodactylodes]]''
| species = '''''C. aureus'''''
| synonyms = *''Calodactylus aureus'' <small>Beddome, 1870</small>
*''Calodactylodes aureus'' <br/><small>&mdash; [[Embrik Strand|Strand]], 1928</small><ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
| binomial = ''Calodactylodes aureus''
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| binomial_authority = [[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1870
}}
}}


The '''Indian golden gecko''' or '''[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome's]] golden gecko'''<ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Calodactylodes aureus'', p. 21).</ref> ('''''Calodactylodes aureus''''' ) is a [[species]] of [[gecko]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Eastern Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name="sreekar">Sreekar R, Srinivasulu C, Seetharamaraju M, Srinivasulu CA. 2010. Selection of egg attachment sites by the Indian Golden Gecko ''Calodactylodes aureus'' (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India. ''Journal of Threatened Taxa'' '''2''' (11): 1268-1272.</ref> It was rediscovered from the hills near present-day [[Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh|Tirupati]].<ref>Daniel JC, Bhushan B, Sekar AG. 1986. Rediscovery of the Golden gecko ''Calodactylodes aureus'' (Beddome) in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' '''83''': 15–16.</ref> The rediscovery was after over 100 years since its description.<ref>Beddome RH. 1870. Descriptions of some new Lizards from the Madras Presidency. ''Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci.'' '''1''': 30–35.</ref>
'''Indian golden gecko''' ''Calodactylodes aureus'' is a species of [[gecko]] known only from the Tirumala hills in the [[Eastern Ghats]] of India.


==Description==
==Description==
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[[File:Calodactylus aureus feet.png|thumb|200px|left|Illustration of the feet that give the [[genus]] the name ''Calodactylus'', meaning "beautiful fingers".]]


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Its digits are slender at the base, free, with squarish scales beneath, and large trapezoidal penultimate and distal expansions, the lower surface of each of which is covered by two large plates separated by a longitudinal groove; all the digits are clawed, the claw retractile is between the distal plates; in the inner digit, the penultimate expansion is absent. Its body covered above with small, granular scales, intermixed with larger tubercles; the abdominal scales are juxtaposed. the pupils are vertical. No preanal or femoral pores are present.
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[[Image:Calodactylus_aureus_feet.png|thumb|200px|left|Illustration of the feet that give the genus name of ''Calodactylus'', 'beautiful fingers']]


[[File:Golden gecko dorsal view of hands and feet 01.jpg|thumb|[[Dorsum (anatomy)|Dorsal]] views of hand and foot.]]
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Digits slender at the base, free, with squarish scales beneath, with large trapezoidal penultimate and distal expansions, the lower surface of each of which is covered by two large plates separated by a longitudinal groove; all the digits clawed, the claw retractile between the distal plates; in the inner digit the penultimate expansion is absent. Body covered above with small granular scales, intermixed with larger tubercles; abdominal scales juxtaposed. Pupil vertical. No preanal or femoral pores.
[[File:Golden gecko dorsal view of hands and feet 02.jpg|thumb|Ventral views of hand and foot.]]


Head large, oviform, very distinct from neck; a strong rounded supraorbital and canthal ridge; five deep concavities, via. a frontal, two postnasals, and two loreals; snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.3 times the diameter of the orbit; ear-opening vertical, measuring half the diameter of the eye. Body not much depressed. Limbs long, slender. The width of the digital expansion measures about half the diameter of the eye. Head covered with very small granules, largest on the canthal ridges; rostral four-sided, twice as broad as high, its posterior border concave; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals, the anterior large and in contact with its fellow; 12 or 13 upper and as many lower labials; mental as large as the adjacent labials, or smaller than them; no regular chin-shields, but small polygonal scales passing gradually into the granules which cover the gular region. upper surface covered with minute granules; back with scattered, scarcely prominent, smooth, round, larger tubercles, hardly as large as the ventral scales; the latter flat, smooth, squarish, juxtaposed, arranged like the bricks of a wall. Tail long, cylindrical, remarkably slander, covered with squarish scales which are much larger beneath. Brownish white above (golden during life), dotted or vermiculated with brown; lower surfaces whitish.<ref>Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia</ref>
Its head is large, oviform, and very distinct from the neck; a strong, rounded supraorbital and canthal ridge is present; it has five deep concavities, a frontal, two postnasals, and two loreals; the snout is longer than the distance between the eye and the ear opening, 1.3 times the diameter of the orbit; the ear opening is vertical, measuring half the diameter of the eye. Its body is not much depressed. The limbs are long and slender. The width of the digital expansion measures about half the diameter of the eye. Its head is covered with very small granules, largest on the canthal ridges; the rostral is four-sided, twice as broad as high, and its posterior border is concave; its nostrils are pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals; the anterior is large and in contact with its fellow; 12 or 13 upper and as many lower labials occur; the mental is as large as the adjacent labials, or smaller than them; no regular chin-shields are found, but small, polygonal scales pass gradually into the granules which cover the gular region. Its upper surface is covered with minute granules; back with scattered, scarcely prominent, smooth, round, larger tubercles, hardly as large as the ventral scales; the latter flat, smooth, squarish, juxtaposed scales, arranged like the bricks of a wall. The tail is long, cylindrical, remarkably slender, and covered with squarish scales which are much larger beneath. In color, it is brownish-white above (golden during life), dotted or vermiculated with brown; the lower surfaces are whitish.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]]. 1890. ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Calodactylus aureus'', pp. 80–81).</ref><ref>[[:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer AM]], [[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]]. 2000. A review of the gekkonid genus ''Calodactylodes'' (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka. ''J. South Asian Nat. Hist., Colombo'' '''5''' (1): 25–35.</ref><ref>Bauer AM, Günther R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. ''Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin'' '''67''': 279–310.</ref>


From snout to vent 3.5 inches ; tail 3.2.
From snout to vent, its length is {{convert|3.5|in|cm|abbr=on}}; the tail is {{convert|3.2|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
Habitat: Amongst rocks in dark shady ravines ou the Tirupati Hills.


==Geographic range==
Type locality: Tirupathi hills.(fide M.A. Smith 1935).
This species is found in India, where it is restricted to the rocky areas of the [[Eastern Ghats]].


==Habitat==
It is found among rocks in dark, shady [[Ravine|ravines]] in the [[Eparchaean Unconformity|Tirupati Hills]] (''fide'' M.A. Smith 1935).

==Reproduction==
Mature females deposit over 300 eggs in a community nest near water or moist areas.<ref name = "sreekar"/>


==Notes==
<references/>
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Bauer,A.M. & Günther,R. 1991 An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310

* Bauer, A.M. & I. Das 2000 A review of the gekkonid genus Calodactylodes (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka. J.South Asian Nat. Hist., Colombo, 5 (1): 25-35
==Further reading==
* Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35
* [[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]]. 2002. ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-056-5}}. (''Calodactylodes aureus'', p.&nbsp;85).
* Daniel,J.C. et al. 1986 Rediscovery of the golden gecko ''Calodactylodes aureus'' (Beddome) in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83: 15-16
* [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]]. 1935. ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.&mdash;Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Calodactylodes aureus'', pp.&nbsp;78–79).


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Calodactylodes aureus}}
* {{NRDB species|genus=Calodactylodes|species=aureus}}
* {{NRDB species|genus=Calodactylodes|species=aureus}}
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Calodactylodes_aureus.jpg
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Calodactylodes_aureus2.jpg


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[[Category:Geckos]]


[[fr:Calodactylodes aureus]]
[[Category:Calodactylodes]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1870]]

Latest revision as of 10:04, 10 October 2023

Indian golden gecko
Calodactylodes aureus
from Gingee, Tamil Nadu, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Calodactylodes
Species:
C. aureus
Binomial name
Calodactylodes aureus
(Beddome, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Calodactylus aureus Beddome, 1870
  • Calodactylodes aureus
    — Strand, 1928[1]

The Indian golden gecko or Beddome's golden gecko[2] (Calodactylodes aureus ) is a species of gecko endemic to the Eastern Ghats of India.[3] It was rediscovered from the hills near present-day Tirupati.[4] The rediscovery was after over 100 years since its description.[5]

Description

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Illustration of the feet that give the genus the name Calodactylus, meaning "beautiful fingers".

Its digits are slender at the base, free, with squarish scales beneath, and large trapezoidal penultimate and distal expansions, the lower surface of each of which is covered by two large plates separated by a longitudinal groove; all the digits are clawed, the claw retractile is between the distal plates; in the inner digit, the penultimate expansion is absent. Its body covered above with small, granular scales, intermixed with larger tubercles; the abdominal scales are juxtaposed. the pupils are vertical. No preanal or femoral pores are present.

Dorsal views of hand and foot.
Ventral views of hand and foot.

Its head is large, oviform, and very distinct from the neck; a strong, rounded supraorbital and canthal ridge is present; it has five deep concavities, a frontal, two postnasals, and two loreals; the snout is longer than the distance between the eye and the ear opening, 1.3 times the diameter of the orbit; the ear opening is vertical, measuring half the diameter of the eye. Its body is not much depressed. The limbs are long and slender. The width of the digital expansion measures about half the diameter of the eye. Its head is covered with very small granules, largest on the canthal ridges; the rostral is four-sided, twice as broad as high, and its posterior border is concave; its nostrils are pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals; the anterior is large and in contact with its fellow; 12 or 13 upper and as many lower labials occur; the mental is as large as the adjacent labials, or smaller than them; no regular chin-shields are found, but small, polygonal scales pass gradually into the granules which cover the gular region. Its upper surface is covered with minute granules; back with scattered, scarcely prominent, smooth, round, larger tubercles, hardly as large as the ventral scales; the latter flat, smooth, squarish, juxtaposed scales, arranged like the bricks of a wall. The tail is long, cylindrical, remarkably slender, and covered with squarish scales which are much larger beneath. In color, it is brownish-white above (golden during life), dotted or vermiculated with brown; the lower surfaces are whitish.[6][7][8]

From snout to vent, its length is 3.5 in (8.9 cm); the tail is 3.2 in (8.1 cm).

Geographic range

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This species is found in India, where it is restricted to the rocky areas of the Eastern Ghats.

Habitat

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It is found among rocks in dark, shady ravines in the Tirupati Hills (fide M.A. Smith 1935).

Reproduction

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Mature females deposit over 300 eggs in a community nest near water or moist areas.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calodactylodes aureus, p. 21).
  3. ^ a b Sreekar R, Srinivasulu C, Seetharamaraju M, Srinivasulu CA. 2010. Selection of egg attachment sites by the Indian Golden Gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (11): 1268-1272.
  4. ^ Daniel JC, Bhushan B, Sekar AG. 1986. Rediscovery of the Golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome) in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83: 15–16.
  5. ^ Beddome RH. 1870. Descriptions of some new Lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30–35.
  6. ^ Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Calodactylus aureus, pp. 80–81).
  7. ^ Bauer AM, Das I. 2000. A review of the gekkonid genus Calodactylodes (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka. J. South Asian Nat. Hist., Colombo 5 (1): 25–35.
  8. ^ Bauer AM, Günther R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279–310.

Further reading

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  • Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Calodactylodes aureus, p. 85).
  • 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. (Calodactylodes aureus, pp. 78–79).
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