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Cyrtopodion battalense

Cyrtopodion battalense (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species: Cyrtopodion battalense
Name

Cyrtopodion battalense (Khan, 1993)

Type locality: Karakoram Highway, near Batgram Town, District Mansehra, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan (34° 40’ N, 73° 03’ E), elevation 800 m.

Holotype: BMNH 1990.2, adult male, collected by Muhammad Sharif Khan on 24 May 1989.

Synonyms

Cyrtodactylus battalensis Khan, 1993
Tenuidactylus battalensis — Das, 1994
Siwaligekko battalensis — Khan, 2003

References

Khan M S, 1993: A new sandstone gecko from Fort Munro, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 25 (3) 1993: 217–221.
Khan, M.S., 2003: Questions of generic designation of angular-toed geckos of Pakistan with descriptions of three new genera (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). J. nat. hist. Wildl. 2 (2): 1–9.
Rösler, H., 2000: Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.
Cyrtopodion battalense at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 january 2016.

Vernacular names
English: Battal Bent-toed Gecko

The reticulate plump-bodied gecko (Cyrtodactylus battalensis) is a species of gecko endemic to Pakistan.[1] It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtopodion.
References

Cyrtodactylus battalensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

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