Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species
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Chaitanya, R.
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Giri, Varad B.
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Deepak, V.
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Datta-Roy, Aniruddha
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Karanth, Praveen
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-21
4688
1
1
56
journal article
25188
10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.1
39d89261-8d8c-478d-92fe-1841bec00e5a
1175-5326
3514770
EB2399FD-6534-49B7-B6BC-56EC001AA0C9
TABLE 6. Measurements (in mm) and scale counts for the holotype and paratypes of Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis sp. nov. and D. douglasadamsi sp. nov. Abbreviations as in Materials and Methods. * indicates tail is regenerated and #, a broken tail. Numbers in parentheses indicate the supralabial at midorbital position. | Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis sp. nov. | Dravidogecko douglasadamsi sp. nov. |
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| Tag | BNHS 2345 | BNHS 2346 | BNHS 2347 | BNHS 2348 | ZSIK 2976 | ZSIK 2977 | ZSIK 2978 | ZSIK 2979 | ZSIK 2980 | BNHS 2349 | 82.5.22.81 | 82.5.22.79 | 82.5.22.83 | 82.5.22.80 |
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| Status | Holotype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Holotype | Topotype | Topotype | Topotype | Topotype |
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| Sex | ♂ | ♀ | ♀ | ♀ | ♀ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♂ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♂ |
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| Measurements |
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| SVL | 45.1 | 45.5 | 43.3 | 48.7 | 47.8 | 44.1 | 41.5 | 42.0 | 43.8 | 48.5 | 25.7 | 47.1 | 29.0 | 34.6 |
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| TRL | 21.9 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 23.1 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 22.6 | 10.3 | 22.7 | 13.3 | 16.0 |
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| BW | 9.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
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| CL | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | - | 6.7 | - | - |
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| TL | 48.0 | 37.1* | 47.9 | 52.0 | 42.8* | 48.2 | 35.3* | 3.6# | 39.5* | 64.1 | - | 34.5 | - | - |
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| TW | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | - | 4.6 | - | - |
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| HL | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
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| HW | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
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| HH | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
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| FL | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | - | 5.1 | - | - |
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| OD | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | - | 3.3 | - | - |
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| NE | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | - | 4.0 | - | - |
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| SE | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | - | 4.8 | - | - |
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| EE | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | - | 3.4 | - | - |
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| IN | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | 1.3 | - | - |
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| IO | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | - | 4.5 | - | - |
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| EL | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | - | 0.4 | - | - |
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| RW | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | - | 1.5 | - | - |
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| RL | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | - | 0.7 | - | - |
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| ML | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
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| MW | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | - | 1.5 | - | - |
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| CT | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | - | 0.8 | - | - |
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| 1PML | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
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| 2PML | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | - | 1.1 | - | - |
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| Meristics |
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| PcFP | 36 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 38 | NA | 36 | 43 | 42 | NA | 42 | 42 |
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| VS | 28-29 | 33-34 | 29-31 | 31-33 | 30-31 | 29-30 | 28-29 | 31-32 | 30-31 | 31-32 | - | - | - | - |
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| Lamellae (I-V) |
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| Forelimb (L) | 6-6-7-7-7 | 5-7-7-7-6 | 6-7-7-9-7 | 6-8-8-8-7 | 5-8-8-7-7 | 7-7-8-8-6 | 6-8-8-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-7 | 6-7-7-8-7 | 6-8-9-9-7 | - | 6-8-8-?-8 | 6-7-8-9-8 | 6-8-8-9-7 |
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| Forelimb(R) | 6-7-7-7-6 | 5-7-7-7-6 | 6-7-7-9-7 | 7-7-8-8-6 | 6-7-7-7-7 | 7-7-8-8-7 | 6-8-8-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-7 | 6-8-8-8-6 | 6-8-9-9-7 | - | 7-8-8-9-8 | 6-8-8-9-8 | 6-8-8-10-7 |
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| Hindlimb (L) | 6-7-8-9-7 | 5-7-8-9-8 | 6-8-9-9-7 | 5-8-9-9-7 | 6-7-9-10-8 | 6-8-8-9-7 | 6-7-8- 10-7 | 5-7-8-9-7 | 5-7-8-9-7 | 7-9-10- 12-9 | - | 6-9-10- 12-8 | - | 6-9-9-10-8 |
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| Hindlimb(R) | 6-7-8-9-7 | 6-8-8-9-7 | 5-8-8-10-7 | 5-7-8-9-7 | 6-7-8-9-6 | 6-7-8-9-7 | 6-7-8- 10-7 | 5-7-7-9-8 | 5-7-8-9-6 | 7-9-10- 12-9 | - | - | - | 6-9-9-10-8 |
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| SL(L/R) | 9(7)/9(6) | 11(9)/9(6) | 11(9)/11(8) | 11(8)/11(7) | 10(8)/10(8) | 10(8)/10(8) | 9(7)/10(7) | 10(8)/10(8) | 11(8)/10(7) | 12(9)/12(9) | - | 11(8)/10(8) | 11(9)/10(8) | - |
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| IL(L/R) | 8/8 | 10/9 | 9/9 | 9/9 | 9/10 | 10/9 | 8/9 | 9/9 | 8/10 | 10/10 | - | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/- |
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