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 7. Measurements (in mm) and scale counts for the specimens of Dravidogecko smithi sp. nov. and D. tholpalli 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 smithi sp. nov. | Dravidogecko tholpalli sp. nov. |
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| Tag | BNHS 2350 | ZSIK 2981 | BNHS 2351 | BNHS 2352 | BNHS 2353 | BNHS 2354 | BNHS 2355 | ZSIK 2982 | ZSIK 2983 | ZSIK 2984 | ZSIK 2985 | ZSIK 2986 |
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| Status | Holotype | Paratype | Holotype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype | Paratype |
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| Sex | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♂ | ♂ | ♀ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♂ | ♂ |
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| Measurements |
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| SVL | 49.1 | 48.2 | 50.9 | 44.6 | 47.8 | 50.4 | 51.5 | 49.6 | 52.2 | 51.1 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
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| TRL | 22.9 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 21.5 | 22.6 | 24.8 | 25.6 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 23.5 | 22.0 |
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| BW | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
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| CL | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
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| TL | 53.2* | 51.7 | 44.0* | 5.6# | 3.4# | 3.4# | 40.4* | 48.6* | 43.2* | 47.7* | 52.6* | 51.3* |
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| TW | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
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| HL | 13.2 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.4 |
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| HW | 8.2 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
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| HH | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
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| FL | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
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| OD | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
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| NE | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
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| SE | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
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| EE | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
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| IN | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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| IO | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
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| EL | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
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| RW | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
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| RL | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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| ML | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
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| MW | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
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| CT | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
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| 1PML | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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| 2PML | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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| Meristics |
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| PcFP | 48 | NA | 38 | 38 | 39 | NA | NA | 38 | NA | 40 | 38 | 40 |
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| VS | 31-32 | 29-30 | 26-28 | 27-29 | 25-26 | 29-30 | 30-31 | 29-30 | 30-31 | 25-26 | 28-30 | 26-28 |
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| Lamellae (I-V) |
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| Forelimb (L) | 6-6-7-8-7 | 6-8-8-9-7 | 6-7-8-7-7 | 7-6-7-8-7 | 7-7-7-7-6 | 6-7-8-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-7 | 6-7-7-7-6 | 6-7-7-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-7 | 6-7-7-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-7 |
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| Forelimb (R) | 5-6-7-8-8 | 5-7-8-8-7 | 6-7-7-8-7 | 6-8-7-8-6 | 6-6-8-8-7 | 6-7-7-7-6 | 6-7-8-7-6 | 7-7-7-7-6 | 6-8-8-8-7 | 6-7-8-7-7 | 6-7-7-8-7 | 6-7-8-8-6 |
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| Hindlimb (L) | 6-8-9-10-8 | 6-9-10-10-8 | 6-8-9-9-7 | 6-8-9-10-7 | 7-7-8-9-7 | 6-7-8-9-7 | 6-8-9-10-7 | 6-8-8-9-7 | 6-8-9-11-8 | 6-7-9-10-7 | 6-8-9-10-7 | 6-7-8-10-8 |
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| Hindlimb(R) | 5-9-10-10-8 | 6-9-10-11-8 | 6-8-9-10-7 | 6-7-8-10-7 | 7-8-9-9-7 | 6-7-9-9-8 | 6-7-8-10-7 | 7-9-9-10-7 | 7-8-9-11-7 | 6-7-9-10-7 | 6-8-9-10-7 | 6-7-8-11-8 |
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| SL(L/R) | 9(7)/9(7) | 9(7)/10(8) | 10(8)/10(8) | 8(6)/10(7) | 10(7)/9(7) | 9(7)/10(8) | 9(7)/10(7) | 8(6)/9(7) | 9(7)/11(8) | 9(7)/10(8) | 9(7)/10(7) | 10(8)/11(8) |
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| IL(L/R) | 8/7 | 7/8 | 8/8 | 8/9 | 9/8 | 10/8 | 9/9 | 9/8 | 10/8 | 8/9 | 8/8 | 9/9 |
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