Hemidactylus quartziticolus KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, MARIAPPAN, GANGALMALE, WAGHE, PAWAR & AGARWAL, 2023
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Hemidactylus quartziticolus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Quartzite brookiish gecko, Thoothukudi brookiish gecko. |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus quartziticolus KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY, MARIAPPAN, GANGALMALE, WAGHE, PAWAR & AGARWAL 2023 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Jeya Parvathi Amman Kovil, Vallanadu Reserve Forest, Manakkarai (8.6848° N, 77.8696° E; ca. 120 m asl.), Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu state, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-1256 (AK-R 1215), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 12 April 2022. Paratypes. (n = 9) NRC-AA-1257 (AK-R 1214), NRC-AA-1258 (AK-R 1218), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-1259 (AK-R 1220), NRC-AA-1260 (AK-R 1221) adult males, NRC-AA-1264 (AK-R 1216), adult female, same data as holotype except collected from the other side of Jeya Parvathi Amman Kovil, Manakkarai (8.6771° N, 77.8722° E; ca. 90 m asl.); NRC-AA-1261 (AK-R 1206), NRC-AA-1262 (AK-R 1207), NRC-AA-1263 (AK-R 1208), adult males, from Kurumalai Reserve Forest, Kurumalai (9.0919° N, 77.8543° E; ca. 130 m asl.); NRC-AA-1265 (AK-R 1209), adult female, from near Perumal Kovil, Kurumalai (9.0927° N, 77.8519° E; ca. 90 m asl.), Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu state, India, collected by same team on 10 April 2022. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet is a combination of the German noun “quartz” + the Latin suffix -ite (used to de- note rocks and minerals) and the Latin suffix -cola that means inhabitant or dweller of, referring to the quartzite rock formations the new species inhabits. |
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