Saturday, December 13, 2008
Kolegal ground gecko
Geckoella collegalensis...Geckoella collegalensis found in vidarbha.Geckoella Collegalensis (kollegal Gecko or Spotted Ground Gecko) is found in Vidarbha. A young snake rescuer in Nagpur Mr. Shrikant Uke found one small handsomely marked gecko in Pardi area of Nagpur. He was contact for identification to Mr. Parag H. Dandge & Ankur Kali(Nature Protectors & Reptiles Conservation Network) India. Mr. Parag Dandge Provisionally identified the Gecko as Geckoella Collegalensis.Identification confirmed after comparing Scalation data of the specimen with Data provided in the literature (The Fauna of BritishIndia, Ceylon & Burma. Malcolm A. smith 1935). Smith given cryptic description for this species but still it’s very poorly known Indian gecko, its occurrence in Vidarbha is surprising news for herp lovers in Vidarbha because it earlier reported from foothills of westernghats and some records from borivali national Park(Mumbai), this is the biggest range extension of occurrence for this Species. After the finding of mr. Uke one more spescimen got to Mr. Deepak Mate at WCLumred project identification confirmed by Mr. Vivek Chowhan & Mr. NanaZurmure ( RCN).Morphological Characters: - it is a small Indian Grounddwelling Gecko having light brown or grayish coloration above whichwith large rounded or oval Black bordered paired dark Brown spots arearranged. Eye has vertical pupil. the final version of the IUCN RedList categories (December 1994) has evolved through inputs fromspecialists for various groups of taxa all over the world puts thisspecies in VULNERABLE category. Vidarbha having Great Potential forthe Reptiles but Habitats Losses is the major threts for the Reptiles,Parag dandge Said. We are planning survey for to expose reptilianfauna of eastern Maharashtra, he promised. Shrikant Uke Said “I collect this gecko in Curiosity, I want to do work in the field ofherpetology, Vidarbha encloses Number of reptile spescies butconservation needed, and he cared. We Thanks to the Wild Lifedepartment Nagpur for its great help to this work. This Work would nothave been possible without the help of Mr. Keeshor Misrikotkar(Assistance Conservator of forest). Mr. Amol Khante, (Maitraban)Nagpur. We also thankfull to Mrs. Varsha Zade, head department ofzoology , Mr. Ramesh Chondekar & Mrs. Yashsri sardeshmukh, Govt.Vidarbha Institute Of science and Humanities, Amaravati for their great help during identification.
reg. parag dandge 09860145230 ¶ 2:32 AM
reg. parag dandge 09860145230 ¶ 2:32 AM
