New Species of Rock-Dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gujarat, India

Varad B. Giri; Aaron M. Bauer; Raju Vyas; Sunny Patil

doi:10.1670/08-137R1.1

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Varad B. Giri,¹ Aaron M. Bauer,^2,* Raju Vyas,³ Sunny Patil⁴

¹1Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra, India
²2Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, U
³4505 Krishnadeep Tower, Mission Road, Fatehgunj, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India
⁴5C–25, B Wing, 101 Gokuldham, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400 063, Maharashtra, India

^*Corresponding Author.

Abstract

A new species of Hemidactylus gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) is described from Girnar in the Junagadh district of Gujarat, India. This medium-sized, chiefly rupicolous gecko may be distinguished from its south Asian congeners by having 12–16 rows of irregularly arranged, flattened to weakly conical dorsal tubercles, 7–9 subdigital lamellae on digit I of the pes and 10–11 on digit IV, and 12–14 femoral pores on each thigh separated by a median diastema. This is the second Hemidactylus currently regarded as endemic to Gujarat and the 10th member of the genus recorded for the state.

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Varad B. Giri, Aaron M. Bauer, Raju Vyas, and Sunny Patil "New Species of Rock-Dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gujarat, India," Journal of Herpetology 43(3), 385-393, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1670/08-137R1.1

Accepted: 1 October 2008; Published: 1 September 2009

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