Hemidactylus saxicolus KUMAR, SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU, 2022
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Saxatile leaf-toed gecko or Saxatile rock gecko. |
Synonym | Hemidactylus saxicolus KUMAR, SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU 2022: 323 |
Distribution | India (Karnataka) Type locality: Raichur Fort (16.1994° N, 77.3494° E; 462 m a.s.l.), Raichur, Karnataka, India |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype. NHM.OU.REP.H113-2017, adult male; collected by Gandla Chethan Kumar and Krishna Prasad Kante on 7th February, 2017. Paratypes. NHM.OU.REP.H28-2017, adult female, Maliyabad (16.1449° N, 77.3482° E; 458 m a.s.l.), Raichur, Karnataka, India; collected by Chelmala Srinivasulu and Aditya Srinivasulu on 7th February, 2017. NHM. OU.REP.H114-2017, adult female, other details as in holotype. Additional material. NHM.OU.REP.H115-2015, adult male, NHM.OU.REP.H116-2015, adult female, (16.6707° N, 77.8334° E; 431 m a.s.l.), Gaddeguda, Mahbubnagar, Telangana State, India; collection by Gandla Chethan Kumar and Krishna Prasad Kante on 4th October, 2015. |
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Comment | Distribution: see map in Kumar et al. 2023: 313 (Fig. 8) |
Etymology | The specific epithet is a nominative adjective meaning rock-dwelling, from the combination of Latin words saxum meaning stone and -colus to inhabit, derived from Latin colere to dwell. |
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