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Cyrtodactylus deccanensis

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Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe · CC BY-SA 3.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Cyrtodactylus deccanensis

Basic stats

Habitat

Forest

Range

Northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, possibly south Gujarat

Size

Head and body about 6.4cm; tail about 5.7cm

The Deccan ground gecko, also called Günther's Indian gecko or the banded ground gecko, is a gecko of the northern Western Ghats of India. It has been found from northern Maharashtra, with a habitat range possibly extending to southern Gujarat. The head is rather large and egg-shaped, the snout longer than the diameter of the eye socket, and the forehead and the area ahead of the eye are concave (Wikipedia, general species account).

The account gives a head-and-body length of 2.5 inches (about 6.4 cm) and a tail of 2.25 inches (about 5.7 cm). It is a nocturnal forest species that is rarely encountered. A related species, Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus, was previously treated as the same species but is now accepted as valid.

Quick answers

What habitat does the Cyrtodactylus deccanensis live in?
Forest
Where is the Cyrtodactylus deccanensis found?
Northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, possibly south Gujarat
How big is the Cyrtodactylus deccanensis?
Head and body about 6.4cm; tail about 5.7cm
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