| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Giant Leaf-toed Gecko, Giant Southern Tree Gecko, Giant rock gecko |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus giganteus STOLICZKA 1871: 193
Hemidactylus giganteus — BOULENGER 1885: 138
Hemidactylus giganteus — SMITH 1935: 99
Hemidactylus giganteus — WERMUTH 1965: 76
Hemidactylus giganteus — KLUGE 1993
Hemidactylus giganteus — RÖSLER 1995: 123
Hemidactylus giganteus — DAS 2003
Hemidactylus cf. giganteus — GANESH et al. 2018
Hemidactylus giganteus — KUMAR et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | India (Badrachalam/Godavari, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh)
Type locality: near Badrachalam, Godavari Valley
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1877.8.6.5, adult male, ZSI 2604 – 2605 (female and male), Godavari Valley near Shadrachalam, Andhra
Pradesh, India. Topotypes: NHMOU.REP.H63.2015, adult male; NHMOU.REP.H62.2015, adult male & NHMOU.REP.H612015, adult female; Bhadrachalam (17.6687° N, 80.8935° E; 51 m a.s.l.), Bhadradri Kothagudem District, Telangana State, India; collected by Gandla Chethan Kumar, Krishna Prasad Kante & Devender Gundena, on 30th September, 2015. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A large-sized Hemidactylus (maximum SVL up to 136 mm; n=20). Dorsal pholidosis homogenous with more or less uniform, irregularly sized and shaped small granular scales. First supralabial in contact with nasal, but not in contact with nostril. Two well-developed pairs of postmentals, inner pair broadly in contact with each other and considerably larger than the outer pair. Ventrolateral folds indistinct, about 35–41 scale rows present across venter. Enlarged scansors on all digits, one to two proximal scansors and one distal scansor, undivided, rest divided; 11–13 (manus) and 10–12 (pes) divided scansors beneath first digit, 13–16 (manus) and 14–17 (pes) beneath fourth digit. 18–23 femoral pores on each thigh, separated by seven or eight poreless scales in males. 11–17 supralabials and 9–14 infralabials. Tail depressed, broadly swollen at the base, oval in transverse section without a median dorsal furrow; scales on the tail weakly imbricate, slightly larger than dorsals of body; ventral scales of tail large and imbricate, separated by medial row of transversely enlarged and regularly arranged subcaudal plates. (Kumar et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Kumar et al. 2023: 313 (Fig. 8) |
| References |
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