Hemidactylus amarasinghei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species: Hemidactylus amarasinghei

Name

Hemidactylus amarasinghei Sayyed, Khot & Purkayastha, 2025: 298

• Holotype: BNHS 2929, adult ♂, collected by Amit Sayyed on 1 August 2022.
• Type locality: “under a rock during daytime at Chalkewadi Plateau (17.554166°N, 73.820000°E; alt. 1057.6 m a.s.l.), Satara District, Maharashtra State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Sayyed, A., Khot, R. & Purkayastha, J. 2025. A new tuberculate house gecko species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5583(2): 293–308. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.2.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Amarasinghe’s House Gecko