It is endemic to the Western Ghats in Kerala, India, and only known from two locations, Wayanad and Silent Valley National Park.

[1][3] The Wyanad day gecko has a similar habit to C. indicus.

The upper surface of its body has large round granules, each with a raised central point or short keel, largest on the sides; these tubercles are either homogeneous or intermixed with much smaller ones, and as there occur specimens which are intermediate in this respect, no great importance can be attached to this difference.

The tail generally has a median series of transversely dilated plates below.

The type locality is "Wynaad and hill-ranges further south, in moist forests".