Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis AGARWAL, KHANDEKAR, GIRI, RAMAKRISHNAN & KARANTH, 2019

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Araku slender gecko
Synonym	Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis AGARWAL, KHANDEKAR, GIRI, RAMAKRISHNAN & KARANTH 2019
Distribution	India (Andhra Pradesh) Type locality: Forest Rest House, Araku, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India (18.326° N, 82.877° E, 940 m elevation).
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: CES (given as G 446, without explanation), adult male, collected on 2 March 2014 by Aparna Lajmi, V. Deepak and Aniruddha Datta-Roy. Paratypes: Five adult females (G 442–G 444, G 448–449), two adult males (G 445, G 447), have same collection data as holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a combination of maxi- mum SVL of 39.0 mm; 8–11 chin scales; postmentals not enlarged; 9–12 SL; 9–12 IL; 13–16 dorsal scales and 7–9 ventral scales at mid-body contained within one longitudinal eye diameter; four or five subdigital lamellae on the first finger and five (rarely six) on toes; lamellar formula of manus 2222; lamellar formula of pes 2333/3333; males with eight or nine precloacal scales separated by 11–14 unpored scales from a series of two or three pore-bearing femoral scales on each thigh; no plate-like enlarged subcaudals; dark postorbital stripe and longitudinal markings on nape extending to fore- limb insertions; dorsal pattern of 7–9 irregular dark bands or strong reticulations, light paravertebral spots very fine if pres- ent; postsacral marking with light-coloured anteriorly projecting arms and belly stippled with black.
Comment
Etymology	The specific epithet is a toponym for the type locality of the species, Araku.
References	Agarwal, Ishan; Akshay Khandekar, Varad B. Giri & Uma Ramakrishnan 2019. The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species. Org Divers Evol - get paper here Ganesh, S.R.; S. Bhupathy, P. Karthik, G. Babu Rao & S. Babu 2020. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India. JoTT 12 (9): 16123–16135 - get paper here NGUYEN, TRUONG QUANG; QUYEN HANH DO, HANH THI NGO, ANH VAN PHAM,<br />CUONG THE PHAM, MINH DUC LE, & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2020. Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4801 (3): 513–536 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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