Redescription of Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871 with the description of three new allied species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820) from peninsular India
Author
Kumar, Gandla Chethan
Natural History Museum and Wildlife Biology & Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State- 500007, India & Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (CBCS), # F 6, Central Facilities for Research and Development (CFRD), Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State- 500007, India
Author
Srinivasulu, Aditya
Wildlife Information and Liaison Development (WILD) Society, No. 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti-Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India.
Author
Srinivasulu, Chelmala
Natural History Museum and Wildlife Biology & Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State- 500007, India & Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (CBCS), # F 6, Central Facilities for Research and Development (CFRD), Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State- 500007, India & Systematics, Ecology & Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-15
5115
3
301
341
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5115.3.1
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TABLE 5. Measurements (in mm) and meristic data for the holotype and paratypes Hemidactylus saxicolus sp. nov. Abbreviations listed in Materials and Methods. * aberration | Holotype | Paratypes | Additional material |
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| Specimen No. | H113.2017 | H114.2017 | H28.2017 | H115.2015 | H116.2015 |
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| Sex | M | F | F | M | F |
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| SVL | 121.99 | 98.28 | 86.57 | 121.03 | 113.16 |
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| TRL | 45.89 | 40.11 | 31.88 | 49.68 | 45.16 |
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| BW | 29.0 | 24.25 | 21.89 | 28.1 | 29.67 |
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| CL | 21.90 | 18.80 | 17.72 | 21.73 | 20.70 |
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| TL | 80.52 | 104.66 | 94.16 | 94.57 | 89.84 |
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| TW | 19.89 | 12.91 | 14.06 | 16.96 | 18.20 |
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| HL | 35.14 | 27.86 | 25.92 | 34.47 | 34.05 |
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| HW | 27.30 | 21.7 | 19.44 | 27.76 | 25.32 |
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| HH | 17.72 | 12.37 | 13.35 | 17.17 | 15.14 |
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| FL | 17.78 | 15.21 | 15.05 | 18.23 | 17.92 |
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| EL | 2.64 | 2.53 | 1.35 | 2.48 | 2.81 |
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| OD | 5.75 | 5.11 | 5.12 | 5.59 | 6.63 |
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| NE | 12.27 | 10.31 | 9.76 | 11.40 | 12.03 |
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| SE | 15.30 | 12.29 | 11.98 | 14.01 | 14.43 |
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| EE | 10.28 | 9.41 | 7.34 | 10.99 | 10.19 |
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| IN | 2.89 | 2.13 | 2.55 | 2.16 | 2.99 |
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| IO | 7.1 | 4.97 | 9.15 | 6.53 | 5.28 |
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| Scansors (Right/Left) |
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| Digit I manus | 13/13 | 11/12 | 12/12 | 13/12 | 13/13 |
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| Digit IV manus | 16/15 | 15/15 | 14/14 | 16/16 | 15/15 |
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| Digit I pes | 12/12 | 11/11 | 11/12 | 13/13 | 12/12 |
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| Digit IV pes | 17/17 | 17/16 | 16/16 | 17/17 | 16/16 |
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| Supralabials (SL) & Infralabials (IL) (Right/Left) |
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| SL | 15/14 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 16/15 |
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| IL | 11/11 | 12/11 | 11/11 | 11/10 | 12/13 |
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| Number of scale rows across venter |
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| 42 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 42 |
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| Femoral pores (Right/Left) & Diastema |
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| Femoral pores | 26/27 | – | – | 26/20* | – |
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| Diastema | 9 | – | – | 9 | – |
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