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 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-15 5115 3 301 341 journal article 20214 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.3.1 e2133e4d-c5e0-42d1-a9c7-e950474dc485 1175-5326 6358269 A843CDA3-136D-4376-9ED0-0C37F1B775C3

TABLE 6. Measurements (mm) and meristic data for the holotype and paratypes Hemidactylus aemulus sp. nov. Abbreviations listed in Materials and Methods. * indicates additional material.

	Holotype		Paratypes		Other*
Specimen No.	H107.2015	H106.2015	H55.2015	H105.2015
Sex	M	M	M	F	(4M, 4F)
SVL	113.61	123.49	120.26	118.48	108.30±19.13
TRL	44.88	47.88	51.05	52.23	46.21±8.33
BW	26.50	30.60	29.2	30.80	26.10±5.37
CL	21.49	23.02	21.5	20.24	19.22±3.28
TL	92.53	106.51	90.37	111.64	94.74±5.34
TW	15.84	17.8	16.54	19.05	17.26±4.25
HL	33.75	35.21	34.03	34.43	30.94±5.19
HW	26.22	28.44	25.94	23.05	23.14±4.14
HH	16.13	17.94	15.43	14.48	13.76±2.34
FL	17.37	18.97	18.69	18.63	17.31±2.49
EL	3.90	3.52	3.53	3.06	2.98±1.04
OD	6.07	6.22	6.59	5.71	6.23±1.37
NE	11.75	11.90	11.62	11.6	11.09±1.66
SE	14.65	15.13	13.88	14.2	13.50±1.97
EE	9.81	10.02	9.20	8.62	8.56±1.87
IN	2.94	3.25	3.06	2.62	3.01±0.66
IO	6.29	6.72	11.98	6.71	11.87±2.87
Scansors (Right/Left)
Digit I manus	13/14	13/13	12/12	13/12	10–13/10–12
Digit IV manus	16/16	15/15	15/15	16/15	12–14/12–14
Digit I pes	13/13	13/14	11/11	12/12	10–12/9–12
Digit IV pes	17/17	16/17	16/16	16/17	13–16/13–16
Supralabials (SL) & Infralabials (IL) (Right/Left)
SL	15/15	14/14	15/15	15/15	11–15/11–15
IL	11/12	10/11	11/12	11/13	9–11/9–13
Number of scale rows across venter
	45	46	45	45	45–46
Femoral pores (Right/Left) & Diastema
Femoral pores	24/25	23/23	23/24	–	23/22–24
Diastema	9	9	10	–	9–10