Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis

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 nilgiriensis

Name

Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar, 2020: 251

• Holotype: BNHS 2632, adult ♂, collected by Saunak Pal on 11 December 2011.
• Type locality: “near Mulli view point, Kilkunda, (11.252 N, 76.663 E; ca. 1240 m asl.), Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India”.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Pal, S., Srikanthan, A.N. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 249–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Nilgiris Slender Gecko