dc:description"Figure 3. Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1256): A dorsal view of body, B ventral view of body, C dorsal view of tail, D ventral view of tail, and E lateral view of tail. Scale bars 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.";
dc:description"Figure 4. Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1256): A dorsal view of head, B ventral view of head, C lateral view of head, D view of cloacal region showing precloacal-femoral pores and post cloacal spurs, E ventral view of left manus, and F ventral view of left pes. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.";
dc:description"Figure 5. Details at mid-body of Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. (holotype, NRC-AA- 1256): A dorsal view, B ventral view, and C lateral view. Scale bars 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.";
dc:description"Figure 6. Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. in life: A male, holotype NRC-AA- 1256, B female, paratype NRC-AA- 1264, and C uncollected juvenile. Photos by Akshay Khandekar.";
dc:description"Figure 7. Paratype series of Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. from left to right: NRC-AA- 1257 - NRC-AA- 1265, A dorsal view, and B ventral view. Scale bar 10 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.";
dc:description"Figure 2. Left, inset, backbone maximum likelihood phylogeny of Indian Hemidactylus with major groups marked in different colours; Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov. is marked by a red rectangle within the Hemidactylus brookii group (see Table S 1 for GenBank accession numbers). Main figure, Maximum Likelihood phylogeny of the Hemidactylus brookii group of Indian Hemidactylus based on the ND 2 gene. Posterior Probability = 1 / bootstrap support ≥ 75 shown at nodes, outgroups not shown.";
dc:description"Figure 1. Elevation map showing the distribution of the new species and other members of the Hemidactylus brookii group distributed in peninsular India (stars, new species; triangles, Hemidactylus gleadowi clade; circles, Hemidactylus murrayi clade; diamonds, Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi - Hemidactylus parvimaculatus clade; squares, ground-dwelling clade). The type locality is marked for H. murrayi.";
dc:description"Figure 8. Habitat of Hemidactylus quartziticolus sp. nov.: A general habitat at the type locality, B quartzite rock formation on which individuals of the new species were seen at the type locality, and C general habitat at Kurumalai, from where a few paratypes of the new species were collected. Photos by Akshay Khandekar (A and B), and Ishan Agarwal (C).";