Hemidactylus kimbulae AMARASINGHE, KARUNARATHNA, CAMPBELL, MADAWALA & DE SILVA, 2021
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Hemidactylus kimbulae
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus kimbulae AMARASINGHE, KARUNARATHNA, CAMPBELL, MADAWALA & DE SILVA 2021 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Uva Province) Type locality: near Duwili Ella (6˚39'42.80''N, 80˚51'58.51''E; alt. 310 m a.s.l.), Kalthota, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NMSL 2020.08.01, adult male, collected by S. Karunarathna, on 4 October 2019 Paratypes: NMSL 2020.08.02, other details same as holotype |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The following combination of characters distinguishes Hemidactylus kimbulae sp. nov. from all other congeners: adult males reach 121.2 mm SVL; dorsal scalation of small homogeneous, carinate, granules intermixed with large, conical, carinate tubercles that form 12–14 irregularly arranged longitudinal rows at midbody; dorsal and lateral tubercles equal sized; dorsal furrow distinct with narrow nontubercular space middorsally; 3 or 4 pairs of postmentals, secondary pair 2/3 of the primary pair; throat scales granular; no spine-like tubercles on nape; ventrals larger than dorsals, smooth, elongate, and bluntly pointed, with 36–39 rows at midbody; 11 or 12 supralabials at midorbit position; 21–24 of femoral pores on each side separated medially by 5–7 nonpored enlarged scales; scales on posterior thigh granular, not enlarged; lamellae divided, 9 or 10 subdigital lamellae below the first, and 12 or 13 below the fourth toe; dorsal scales on tail granular, carinate, imbricate; tail segmented with whorls of lateral tubercles, each whorl consisting of 6 enlarged, conical, carinate tubercles separated from one another by 1 to 3 small scales; each whorl separated from its neighbor by about 8–10 scale rows; subcaudal scales at base pointed and enlarged; median row enlarged and broad; single postcloacal tubercle (spur) on each side; body dorsum with a series of black edged bright saddles from occiput to tail tip. These differences are summarized for close congeners of the H. maculatus species complex (see Table 2) and for all members of the H. prashadi clade (see comparison below). (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Similar species: H. hunae IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR) [criteria is B1a,b (iii)] |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is an invariable noun in apposition and refers to kimbulae (crocodile) in Sinhalese language, which it is locally and widely known as kimbul-hunae (crocodile-gecko) due to its large body size. |
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