Crossobamon orientalis

Crossobamon orientalis, commonly called the Sind gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Crossobamon orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Crossobamon
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Crossobamon orientalis
(Blanford, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Stenodactylus orientalis
    Blanford, 1876
  • Stenodactylus dunstervillei
    Murray, 1884
  • Stenodactylus orientalis
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Crossobamon orientalis
    — Rösler, 1995

Geographic range

C. orientalis is found in Pakistan (Sindh: Rohri and Shikarpur Districts)[1] and India (Rajasthan:[1] Jaisalmer district).

Type locality: "Rohri and Shikarpur District, Upper Sind".[1]

References
  1. "Crossobamon orientalis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Blanford WT (1876). "On some lizards from Sind, with descriptions of new species of Ptyodactylus, Stenodactylus, and Trapelus ". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 45: 232–233. (Stenodactylus orientalis, new species, pp. 232–233).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Stenodactylus orientalis, pp. 16–17 + Plate III, figures 1, 1a).
  • 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. (Stenodactylus orientalis, pp. 57–58, Figures 21a & 21b).
  • 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. (Crossobamon orientalis, p. 89).
  • 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. (Stenodactylus orientalis, pp. 33–34, Figures 13a & 13b).


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