Jeypore indian gecko, Jeypore ground gecko, Patinghe indian gecko
Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis, also known as the Jeypore Indian gecko, the Jeypore ground gecko, or the Patinghe Indian gecko, is a endangered species of gecko found in India, which was until recently considered extinct. Described from a single specimen in 1877, it was rediscovered in 2010 in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha state, India.
Description of type, male specimen, collected in Jeypore by Beddome in 1877:
Measurements :
The lizard appears to inhabit semi-evergreen forests in high elevation areas (> 1,200 metres (3,900 ft)) of the Eastern Ghats of southern Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh. However, the areas where the lizard has been found are under tremendous pressure from deforestation and mining. The taxon is surmised to possibly be a wet-zone relict stranded by the aridification of peninsular India.
