Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis

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 rishivalleyensis

Name

Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020: 464

• Holotype: NCBS-BH728 (AK 649), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Nikhil Gaitonde and Joshua Muyiwa on 12 March 2019.
• Type locality: “Cave Rock Hill, Rishi Valley school (13.632° N 78.457° E; ca. 730 m asl.), Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4838(4): 451–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Rishi Valley Rock Gecko