Hemidactylus kalinga

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 kalinga

Name

Hemidactylus kalinga Mohapatra, Ray, Das, Bhupathi, Sarkar, Mohalik, Nair & Dutta, 2025: 367

• Holotype: ZSI-R-27672, adult ♂, collected by Pratyush P. Mohapatra in May 2016.
• Type locality: “Kalinga Ghati (20.1605°N, 84.4133°E; 746 m a.s.l.), Kandhamal District, Odisha State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Mohapatra, P.P., Ray, S., Das, A.K., Bhupathi, B., Sarkar, V., Mohalik, R.K., Nair, M.V. & Dutta, S.K. 2025. A new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Northern Eastern Ghats, Odisha, India. Herpetozoa 38: 365–378. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e175753 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kalinga Rock Gecko