Hemidactylus raya SRINIVASULU, KUMAR & SRINIVASULU, 2022
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Deccan giant leaf-toed gecko / Deccan giant rock gecko. |
Synonym | Hemidactylus raya SRINIVASULU, KUMAR & SRINIVASULU in KUMAR et al. 2022: 316 |
Distribution | India (Karnataka) Type locality: near Vithala Temple ruins (15.3416° N, 78.4742° E; 423 m a.s.l.), Hampi, Karnataka, India |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype. NHMOU.REP.H75.2017, adult female; collected by Gandla Chethan Kumar & C. Srinivasulu, on 3rd February 2017. Paratype. NHMOU.REP.H82.2017, Adult male; collected on 4th February 2017; other details same as holotype. Additional material. BNHS 1510, male, Basapur (15.3636° N, 76.4013° E; 468 m a.s.l.), Koppal District, Karnataka, India; collected by Ashok Captain. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Distribution: see map in Kumar et al. 2023: 313 (Fig. 8) |
Etymology | The specific epithet, singular nominative noun raya is derived from the Kannada word râya, meaning ‘king’ as the species was discovered in Hampi, the capital of the Vijayanagara empire (1336–1646 AD), the kings of which were titled ‘Râya’. |
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