Dravidogecko douglasadamsi CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH, 2019

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Adams’ Dravidogecko
Synonym	Dravidogecko douglasadamsi CHAITANYA, GIRI, DEEPAK, DATTA-ROY, MURTHY & KARANTH 2019: 23 Hoplodactylus anamallensis — BOULENGER 1885 Hoplodactylus anamallensis — BOULENGER 1885 [non Gecko anamallensis GÜNTHER 1875] [partim] Hoplodactylus anamallensis — BOULENGER 1890 [non Gecko anamallensis GÜNTHER 1875] [partim] Dravidogecko anamallensis — SMITH 1933 Dravidogecko anamallensis — SMITH 1935 [non Gecko anamallensis GÜNTHER 1875] [partim] Dravidogecko anamallensis — MURTHY 1993 Dravidogecko anamallensis — SHARMA 2002 [partim] Hemidactylus anamallensis — BAUER & RUSSELL 1995 Hemidactylus anamallensis — JOHNSINGH 2001 [non Gecko anamallensis GÜNTHER 1875] Hemidactylus anamallensis — SRINIVASULU et al. 2014 [partim]
Distribution	India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Manjolai (8.5514 °N, 77.3597 °E; ca. 1300 m asl.), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZSI-WGRC 3081 (Kozhikode, given as ZSIK or BNHS 2349), an adult male, collected by R. Venkitesan on 10th June, 2017.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Snout-vent length up to 48.5 mm (n=5); two pairs of well-developed postmentals, inner pair of comparable length to the outer postmentals and mental, bordered posteriorly by 2 or 3 gular scales; ventral scales counted at midbody, 31 or 32; precloacofemoral pores, 42 or 43; subdigital lamellae under digit IV of manus, 9 or 10 and under digit IV of pes, 10–12; supralabials 10–12 and infralabials, 8–10 on each side. Dravidogecko douglasadamsi sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners based on the following char- acters: number of precloacofemoral pores (PcFP 40–43 versus 45 or 46 in D. anamallensis, 52–56 in D. septentrio- nalis sp. nov. & 36–38 in D. meghamalaiensis sp. nov.); postmentals of comparable length with mental (ML/1PML 0.98–1.05 versus much longer, 0.74–0.81 in D. anamallensis).
Comment	Genetic divergence (p-distance). Dravidogecko douglasadamsi sp. nov. is 11.0% –16.5% divergent from other previously described congeners. Habitat: The habitat in Manjolai and the adjoining Kalakkad-Mundanthurai forests where Dravidogecko is found, is chiefly comprised of southern-tropical semi-evergreen (700 m asl) and southern tropical wet evergreen forests (800–1500 m asl). These habitats receive an average annual rainfall of ca. 1600 mm (Ayyanar & Ignacimuthu 2008). This species was seen occupying walls of a tea estate building during the night.
References	Bauer, AARON M. & ANTHONY PATRICK RUSSELL 1995. The systematic relationships of Dravidogecko anamallensis (Günther 1875). Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 30-35. - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here CHAITANYA, R.; VARAD B. GIRI, V. DEEPAK, ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, B.H.C.K MURTHY, PRAVEEN KARANTH 2019. Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 4688 (1): 001–056; erratum in Zootaxa 4743 (4): 600 - get paper here Johnsingh, A.J.T. 2001. The Kalakad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve: A global heritage of biological diversity. Current Science, 80 (3), 378–388 Murthy, T.S.N. 1992. An identification key to the reptiles of the Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Records Zool. Survey India 91 (2):161-168 [1993] - get paper here Sharma, R. C. 2002. Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Reptilia (Sauria). Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 430 pp. - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1933. Remarks on some old world geckoes. Records of the Indian Museum 35: 9-19. Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. & Molur, S. 2014. The Status and Distribution of Reptiles in the Western Ghats, India. Con- servation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP). Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 148 pp
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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