Hemiphyllodactylus minimus MOHAPATRA, KHANDEKAR, DUTTA, MAHAPATRA & AGARWAL, 2020
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Hemiphyllodactylus minimus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ganjam slender gecko |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus minimus MOHAPATRA, KHANDEKAR, DUTTA, MAHAPATRA & AGARWAL 2020 |
| Distribution | India (Odisha) Type locality: Jhadeswar Shiva Temple, Humma, Ganjam District, Odisha, India (19.451242° N, 85.053831° E; 90 m asl.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ZSI-CZRC-7112, adult male, collected on 18/06/2014 by Pratyush P. Mohapatra. Paratypes. ZSI-CZRC-7113, NCBS-BH667, BNHS 2523, adult males, ZSI-CZRC-7114, BNHS 2520, BNHS 2521, NCBS-BH665, NCBS-BH665, BNHS 2522, BNHS 2524, adult females, BNHS 2522 collected on 13/05/2015 by Pratyush P. Mohapatra and S.K. Dutta; BNHS 2523 & BNHS 2524 collected on 28/02/2017 by Pratyush P. Mo- hapatra & Cuckoo Mahapatra; same locality data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov. can be diagnosed from congeners by the unique combination of snout-vent length up to 31.2 mm (n=11); nine or ten chin scales; postmentals not enlarged; 9–11 supralabials and infralabials; 15–18 dorsal scales and eight or nine ventral scales at mid-body contained within one longitudinal eye diameter; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger and four or five on first toe; lamellar formula of manus 2222; lamellar formula of pes 2332 and 2333; males with nine or ten precloacal pores separated by 4–6 poreless scales from a series of six or seven femoral pores on each thigh (n=4); no plate-like enlarged subcaudals; dorsum with two pairs of longitudinal stripes extending up to mid-body, the outer pair originating from behind the eye and inner pair from the nape; dorsal pattern with irregular dark lines and white spots; post sacral spot with anteriorly projecting light coloured bands; belly light speckled with dark spots (Mohapatra et al. 2020). 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 1598 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet is the Latin word for smallest as this is the smallest known species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus. |
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