Wildlifeof Sri Lanka
Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko
Geckos
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Cyrtodactylus collegalensis
Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Dry, mixed or wet forest along hilly tracts; leaf litter
Range
Mysore hills and adjacent Eastern and Western Ghats, South India; Sri Lankan presence dubious
The Kollegal bent-toed gecko, or Kollegal ground gecko, is found in and around the Mysore hills at the junction of the Western and Eastern Ghats in South India. It is described as mainly ground-dwelling, hiding under thick leaf litter, nocturnal and insectivorous, in dry, mixed or wet forest along hilly tracts. It was described in 1870 from BR Hills in southern Karnataka and is often confused with the forest spotted gecko (Wikipedia, general species account).
Wikipedia states that its presence in Sri Lanka is considered dubious. Nationally Data Deficient (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012, listed as Geckoella collegalensis).
Quick answers
- What does the Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko live in?
- Dry, mixed or wet forest along hilly tracts; leaf litter
- Where is the Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko found?
- Mysore hills and adjacent Eastern and Western Ghats, South India; Sri Lankan presence dubious