Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species: Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis

Name

Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019: 449

• Holotype: NCBS-BH684, adult ♂, collected by T. Khichi, A. Khandekar & I. Agarwal on 21 April 2015.
• Type locality: “near Gawilgarh (or Gawligurh) Fort, Chikhaldara (21.38526° N, 77.33404° E; 1040 m asl.), Amravati District, Maharashtra state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Giri, V.B. & Khandekar, A. 2019. An expanded ND2 phylogeny of the brookii and prashadi groups with the description of three new Indian Hemidactylus Oken (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4619(3): 431–458. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 March 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Chikhaldara Brookiish Gecko