A remarkable new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from scrublands at the southern tip of India

被引：3

作者：

Khandekar, Akshay ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Thackeray, Tejas ^{[1
]}

Mariappan, Rameshwaran ^{[4
]}

Gangalmale, Satpal ^{[1
]}

Waghe, Vivek ^{[1
]}

Pawar, Swapnil ^{[1
]}

Agarwal, Ishan ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Thackeray Wildlife Fdn, Mumbai 400051, India

[2] Shivaji Univ, Dept Zool, Kolhapur 416004, India

[3] Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Natl Ctr Biol Sci, Bengaluru 560065, India

[4] Reptile Conservat India, Tirunelveli 627011, India

来源：

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY | 2023年 / 73卷

关键词：

Hemidactylus brookii; morphology; peninsular India; taxonomy; Tamil Nadu; TAMIL-NADU; REPTILIA GEKKONIDAE; ROCKY OUTCROPS; ANDHRA-PRADESH; BROOKII; GOLDFUSS; GENUS; OKEN; MAHARASHTRA; SYSTEMATICS;

D O I：

10.3897/vz.73.e101871

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

We describe a new species of Hemidactylus based on an integrative taxonomic framework from scrub habitats at the southern tip of India, in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu. The new species has the most densely packed tubercles among Indian Hemidactylus, almost resembling the most tuberculate Indian Cyrtopodion. Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. is phylogenetically placed within the brookii group of Indian Hemidactylus, where it is sister to the H. gleadowi complex from western-central India. The new species is 14.5-23.7% divergent in ND2 mitochondrial sequence data from other brookii group members, and can be easily diagnosed from regional congeners by its unique dorsal scalation, the number and arrangement of precloacal-femoral pores, the number of dorsal tubercle rows at midbody, number of lamellae under digit I and IV of manus and pes. The new species is currently known only from two isolated, low quartzite hillocks 45 km apart with scrubby, thorn forests and loose, stony soil.

引用

页码：433 / 450

页数：18

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