You are here » home advanced search search results Hemidactylus tamhiniensis

Hemidactylus tamhiniensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2021

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Hemidactylus tamhiniensis?

Add your own observation of
Hemidactylus tamhiniensis »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tamhini giant rock gecko or Basalt giant rock gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus tamhiniensis KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2021
Hemidactylus aaronbaueri — LAJMI et al. 2020 
DistributionIndia (Maharashtra)

Type locality: Tamhini Ghat (18.398402°N, 73.385258°E; ca. 390 m asl.), Raigad district, Maharashtra state, India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-1131 (AK 1285; Figures 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 16 June 2019.
Paratypes. NRC-AA-1132 (AK 1286; Figures 4B, 5B), NRC-AA-1133 (AK 1287; Figure 5C), BNHS 2805 (AK 1288; Figure 5D), adult females, same data as holotype; BNHS 2806 (AK 1289; Figure 5E), adult female, BNHS 2807 (AK 1290; Figure 4C, 5F), sub-adult female, same collection data as holotype except collected from Tamhini Ghat (18.472910°N, 73.420590°E; ca. 680 m asl.), Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large-sized Hemidactylus, maximum SVL 126 mm (n=6). A single enlarged internasal scale between two supranasal scales; dorsal pholidosis at mid-body heterogenous, composed of small, subcircular, smooth and flattened granular scales intermixed with fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, subcircular, weakly to strongly keeled and pointed tubercles; 17–21 dorsal tubercle rows at mid-body; 29–32 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventrolateral folds distinct; 54–59 transverse ventral scale rows at mid-body; digits with transversely enlarged scansors, lamellae in straight transverse series; 8–10 undivided basal lamellae beneath first finger and 6–8 beneath first toe; 2–4 undivided basal lamellae beneath fourth finger and 4–6 beneath fourth toe; 12–14 lamellae (including undivided and divided) beneath first finger and 10–12 beneath first toe; 12 or 13 lamellae (including undivided and divided) beneath fourth finger and 13–15 beneath fourth toe; male with series of 18 (on right side) and 17 (on left side) femoral pores separated medially by seven poreless scales (n=1); tail with 4–12 enlarged, keeled, conical tubercles forming whorls; median row of subcaudal plates large, covering almost entire underside of tail. Dorsal colouration brown with five transversely arranged dark wavy markings outlined by black and light grey running from the occiput to the sacrum, numerous off-white blotches on side of throat, flanks, back of femur and lateral edge of tail.


Additional details (4924 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a toponym for Tamhini Ghat in Pune and Raigad Districts of Maharashtra, the type and currently only known locality for this species. 
References
  • Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. & Uetz, P. 2022. A dictionary of abbreviations used in reptile descriptions. Zootaxa 5219 (5): 421–432 - get paper here
  • KHANDEKAR, A., THACKERAY, T., & AGARWAL, I. 2021. A cryptic new species of rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5020 (3): 434-456 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hemidactylus&species=tamhiniensis

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator