Hemidactylus varadgirii

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 varadgirii

Name

• Hemidactylus varadgirii Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar, 2019: 239

Holotype: BNHS 2377, adult ♂, collected by R. Chaitanya and Varad Giri on 19 May 2018.

Type locality: “Amboli (15.9590° N 73.9970° E; ca. 740 m asl), Maharashtra state, India”.

References

Primary references

• Chaitanya, R., Agarwal, I., Lajmi, A. & Khandekar, A. 2019. A novel member of the Hemidactylus brookii complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4646(2): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.2.2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giri’s ‘Brookiish’ Gecko