Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis

Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis

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: Hemiphyllodactylus
Species: Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis

Name

Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth, 2019: 354

• Holotype: CES G446, adult ♂, collected by Aparna Lajmi, V. Deepak and Aniruddha Datta-Roy on 2 March 2014.
• Type locality: “Forest Rest House, Araku, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India (18.326° N, 82.877° E, 940 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Khandekar, A., Giri, V.B., Ramakrishnan, U. & Karanth, K.P. 2019. The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19: 341–361. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00392-5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2022.
• IUCN: Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Araku Slender Gecko