Hemidactylus kangerensis MIRZA, BHOSALE & PATIL, 2017
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Hemidactylus kangerensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus kangerensis MIRZA, BHOSALE & PATIL 2017 Hemidactylus maculatus — SANYAL & DASGUPTA 1990: 18 Hemidactylus subtriedrus — SANYAL & DASGUPTA 1990: 18 Hemidactylus maculatus — INGLE 2003:2 Hemidactylus subtriedrus — JAVED et al., 2009: 368 (in part) Hemidactylus cf. maculatus — MAHONY 2009: 60–61 Hemidactylus cf. maculatus — JAVED et al., 2011: 10 (in part) Hemidactylus sp. — AGARWAL et al., 2011: 36 Hemidactylus sp. — MIRZA & SANAP 2014: 16 (in part) Hemidactylus kangerensis — AMARASINGHE et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Chhattisgarh, Odisha) Type locality: forest rest house near Kailash caves, Kanger Valley National Park, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, India (18.8411708, 81.9973108, 464 m |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 2484, adult male, Collected on 2 December 2016 by Harshal Bhosale and Zeeshan Mirza. Paratypes (five specimens): Two males (BNHS 2485, BNHS 2486); three females (BNHS 2487, BNHS 2488, BNHS 2489) collected from Kanger Valley National Park, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh (18.8411708, 81.9973108, 464 m). Collected on 2 December 2016 by Harshal Bhosale and Zeeshan Mirza. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large-sized species of the genus, SVL at least 95mm. Dorsal scalation on the trunk, granular, intermixed with enlarged, fairly regularly arranged, longitudinal rows of 18–20 strongly keeled, trihedral, tubercles of equal size of dorso-lateral aspect. Two pairs of postmentals, inner pair twice as long and wide as the outer pair. Scales on trunk venter arranged in 28–30 rows. Lamellae divided, covering 80% of the digit. Caudal pholidosis, dorsal aspect, small, juxtaposed, intermixed with large strongly keeled trihedral tubercles, eight or six in number on each segment of the tail, scales sub-equal throughout the original tail. Femoral pores 18–21 on each side separated medially by four non-pored scales. Three subconical post-cloacal spurs, anterior spur larger than the preceding spurs; posterior spur smallest more rounded. Additional details (2526 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species is named after Kanger Valley National Park, where the type locality is located. |
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