Eublepharis hardwickii GRAY, 1827

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Higher Taxa	Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: East Indian Leopard Gecko G: Ostinidscher Fettschwanzgecko
Synonym	Eublepharis hardwickii GRAY 1827 Gymnodactylus lunatus BLYTH 1847 (nom. nud. fide SMITH 1935) Eublepharis hardwickii — BOULENGER 1885: 231 Eublepharis hardwickii — SMITH 1935 Eublepharis hardwickii — WERMUTH 1965: 28 Eublepharis hardwickii — KLUGE 1993 Eublepharis hardwickii — RÖSLER 2000: 78 Eublepharis hardwickii — SEUFER et al. 2005 Eublepharis hardwickii — AGARWAL et al. 2022
Distribution	E-India (Anaimalay Hills, Bihar, Orissa = Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand), Bangladesh Type locality: Chittagong, Penang.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.8.26.67 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Digits short, cylindrical, with transverse lamellae beneath, clawed, the claw partly concealed beneath two or four lateral scales and an upper scale; eyelids well developed and movable; pupil vertical; males with preanal pores; dorsum with small juxtaposed scales and larger tubercles; tail shorter than head and body [from LEVITON et al. 1992]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1436 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Type species: Eublepharis hardwickii GRAY 1827 is the type species of the genus Eublepharis GRAY 1827. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
References	Agarwal, I., Bauer, A. M., Gamble, T., Giri, V. B., Jablonski, D., Khandekar, A., ... & Ramakrishnan, U. 2022. The evolutionary history of an accidental model organism, the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107414 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Borner, A. R. 1976. Second contribution to the systematics of the southwest Asian lizards of the geckonid genus Eublepharis Gray 1827: materials from the Indian subcontinent. Saurologica (2) 1976: 1-15 Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. Dutta, S.K., M.V. Nair, P.P. Mohapatra and A.K. Mahapatra. 2009. Amphibians and reptiles of Similipal Biosphere Reserve. Regional Plant Resouce Centre, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India - get paper here Gericke, F. 1981. Lidgeckos der Gattung Eublepharis. Sauria 3 (4): 11-14 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1827. A Synopsis of the Genera of Saurian Reptiles in which some new Genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual Examination. Philos. Mag., London, 2 (2): 54-58. - get paper here Henkel, F.W. & Schmidt,W. 2009. Leopardgeckos. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster),156 pp. - get paper here Kumar, R. 2024. Occurrence of the East Indian Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis hardwickii Gray 1827, in the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary and Saranda Forest in Jharkhand, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 31(1):1-2 - get paper here Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Rajesh V. Sanap, David Raju, Atish Gawai, and Prathamesh Ghadekar 2014. A new species of lizard of the genus Eublepharis (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from India. Phyllomedusa 13 (2): 75-90 - get paper here Pratihar, S., Mahata, P., Bhunia, M., & Dandapat, C. 2024. Two rare reptile species' destinies are entangled with human superstition. Scientific Reports in Life Sciences, 5(4), 54-58 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Seufer, H.; Y. Kaverkin & A. Kirschner (eds.) 2005. Die Lidgeckos. Kirschner und Seufer Verlag, 238 pp. Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://snakes.mpsbb.info/lizard.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3470/EUBLEPHARIS.html Google images

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