Hemidactylus aravalliensis PATEL, THACKERAY, VYAS & MIRZA, 2026
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Hemidactylus aravalliensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Aravalli leaf-toed gecko, Aravalli Hemidactylus. |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus aravalliensis PATEL, THACKERAY, VYAS & MIRZA 2026: 528 |
| Distribution | India (Gujarat) Type locality: hill near Vijayasar Mataji Temple, Dantiwada (24.34795°N 72.34350°E; ca. 180 m a.s.l.), Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BNHS 3351, adult female, collected by Raju Vyas, Vaibhav Naik and Harshil Patel on 28 September 2021. Paratypes. BNHS 3348, adult female, BNHS 3350, adult male, BNHS 3352, subadult female, same data as holotype; BNHS 3349, adult male, from Forest rest house, Balundra (24.39402°N 72.52799°E; ca. 231 m a.s.l.), Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India, collected by Raju Vyas, Vaibhav Naik and Harshil Patel on 29 September 2021. Other Material. BNHS 1710, adult male, BNHS 1711, subadult male, BNHS 1712, adult female, Balundra, Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India; BNHS 1713, adult female, Kedarnath temple, near Balundra, Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemidactylus aravalliensis sp. nov. differs from all its congeners by the following combination of characteristics: SVL up to 65 mm; dorsal scalation on trunk granular, intermixed with slightly enlarged, regularly arranged transverse rows of 14 oval, feebly keeled or sub-trihedral tubercles; original tail lacks any enlarged tubercles; subcaudal scales in single median series or in a series made up of two enlarged suboval scale, two subcaudal scales in each tail segment; midbody scale rows across belly 36–42; 9–10 lamellae on digit I of manus and 10–11 on digit IV of manus; 8–9 lamellae on digit I of pes and 12–14 on digit IV of pes; 11–12 supralabials, 8–10 infralabials; males with 3–8 precloacal pores. (Patel et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 3.09 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality in the Aravalli Hill range. |
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