Hemidactylus gleadowi MURRAY, 1884
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Hemidactylus gleadowi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Gleadow’s House Gecko |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus gleadowi MURRAY 1884: 260 Hemidactylus gleadovii — BOULENGER 1885: 129 Hemidactylus gleadovii — STUART 1908: 688 Hemidactylus gleadowi — MAHONY 2011 Hemidactylus cf. gleadowi — GANESH et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Pakistan, S India (Bilgiri [Gundri] and Melagiri [Denkanikotta] hills fide Ganesh et al. 2018) Type locality: “Rantah forests in Sind, (Jerruck Division)”, Pakistan, (25°3’0”N, 68°15’0”E). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Neotype: BMNH 1884.7.25.8, designated by MAHONY 2011. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemidactylus gleadowi can be distinguished from all currently described South and Southeast Asian members of Hemidactylus based on the following combination of characters: adult SVL to 43.1 mm; TrL/ SVL 39.9–41.9%; HL/SVL 30–30.2%; ear opening oval; primary postmental shield width is subequal to that of the first infralabial, secondary pair broadly in contact with second infralabials; tubercles of the parietal region are of subequal size to largest canthal scales; 17–18 regular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles, largest 12–14 times size of surrounding granules; two series of 12–13 precloacal-femoral pores separated medially by a diastema of one non-pore-bearing scale, size subequal to pore-bearing scales, scale row bordering anteriorly the precloacal-femoral pore series of subequal size to pore-bearing scales; 4–5 lamellae under digit I and seven under digit IV of pes, sub- digital lamellae mostly divided on digit IV of manus and pes, enlarged lamellae series under digit IV of pes absent on the basal 20% of digit length; tail oval in cross-section without lateral denticulation, TailD/TailW 71.7–84%, tubercles on proximal tail portion form short recurved conical spines, subcaudals completely transverse the tail width on the distal third of original tail; two very small, bluntly conical cloacal spurs [from MAHONY 2011]. |
| Comment | Synonymy: has been considered as a synonym of H. brooki, but revalidated by MAHONY 2011. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is a patronym after Mr. F. Gleadow, Deputy Conservator of Forests and collector of the original type specimens described by J. A. Murray. |
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