Hemidactylus kimbulae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 kimbulae

Name

Hemidactylus kimbulae Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Madawala & De Silva, 2021: 261

• Holotype: NMSL 2020.08.01, adult ♂, collected by S. Karunarathna on 4 October 2019.
• Type locality: “near Duwili Ella (6°39′42.80″N, 80°51′58.51″E, datum =WGS84 in all cases; 310 m above sea level), Kalthota, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka”.

References

Primary references

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Campbell, P.D., Madawala, M.B. & Silva, A. de 2021. A New Species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka with Redescription of H. hunae Deraniyagala, 1937. Herpetologica 77(3): 259–272. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00003.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Hemidactylu kimbulae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Crocodile Rock Gecko