Hemidactylus tamhiniensis

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 tamhiniensis

Name

Hemidactylus tamhiniensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2021: 437

• Holotype: NRC-AA-1131 (AK 1285), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale and Swapnil Pawar on 16 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Tamhini Ghat (18.398402°N, 73.385258°E; ca. 390 m asl.), Raigad district, Maharashtra state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2021. A cryptic new species of rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5020(3): 434–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus tamhiniensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tamhini Giant Rock Gecko