Hemidactylus pakkamalaiensis

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: Hemidactylus
Species: Hemidactylus pakkamalaiensis

Name

Hemidactylus pakkamalaiensis Narayanan, Christopher, Raman, Mukherjee, Vimalraj & Deepak in Narayanan et al., 2023: 503

• Holotype: BNHS 2907, adult ♂, collected by Peter Christopher and Surya Narayanan on 27 November 2022.
• Type locality: “Pakkamalai Hill, Gingee Hills range, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India (12.164819°N, 79.250909°E, 335m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Narayanan, S., Christopher, P., Raman, K., Mukherjee, N., Prabhu, P., Lenin, M., Vimalraj, S. & Deepak, V. 2023. A new species of rock-dwelling Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern Eastern Ghats, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 499–512. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e104494 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pakkamalai Rock Gecko