Hemidactylus easai

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 easai

Name

Hemidactylus easai Das, Pal, Siddharth, Palot, Deepak & Narayanan, 2022: 83

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/3471, adult ♂, collected by Muhamed Jafer Palot and Sandeep Das on 12 June 2020.
• Type locality: “Attapadi, Palakkad district, Kerala, India (11.146397°N, 76.65939°E, 530m asl)”.
• Paratypes: (n=3): ZSI/WGRC/IR.V/3472, adult ♂, and BNHS 3103 & BNHS 3104, adult ♀, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Das, S., Pal, S., Siddharth, S., Palot, M.J., Deepak, V. & Narayanan, S. 2022. A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 81–94. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76046 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus easai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Easa’s Rock Gecko