''Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus'', also known as Boulenger's Indian gecko or Deccan banded gecko, is a species of
gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates. They range from .
Geckos are unique among lizards ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Western Ghats, India. It was resurrected from
synonymy
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of ''
Cyrtodactylus deccanensis
''Cyrtodactylus deccanensis'', also commonly known as Deccan ground gecko, Günther's Indian gecko, or the banded ground gecko, is a species of gecko found in the northern Western Ghats of India. It has been found from northern Maharashtra, w ...
'' in 2004.
References
Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles of India
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Reptiles described in 1885
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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