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<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03153E212E88E7D7FDC4FB04" authority="Kelaart, 1853" authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,589,1194,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212E88E7D7FE15FB04" bold="true" box="[151,412,1194,1220]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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(
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B, 2A–F,
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<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03153E212E88E668FD8DFAEB" authority="Kelaart, 1853" authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,516,1301,1323]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212E88E668FEFAFAEB" box="[151,371,1301,1323]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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(‘1852’): 159.
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212E88E62AFE0DFAB0" bold="true" box="[151,388,1367,1392]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Material examined.</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212F91E62AFE55FAAF" box="[398,476,1367,1391]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9670-f832" name="National Museum of Sri Lanka" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">NMSL</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212FF9E625FDAFFAAF" box="[486,550,1368,1391]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">WHT</collectionCode>
7573,
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(here designated), male, Gannoruwa proposed forest reserve, Peradeniya,
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,
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,
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asl, coll.
<date id="69181EAF03153E212CD4E601FC29FA54" box="[715,928,1404,1428]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" value="2002-11-02">2 November 2002</date>
, S. Batuwita, A. Silva &amp; K. P. Maduwage;
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212E88E6E2FF6CFA77" box="[151,229,1439,1463]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9670-f832" name="National Museum of Sri Lanka" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">NMSL</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212EF4E6DDFEA2FA77" box="[235,299,1440,1463]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">WHT</collectionCode>
196, male, Yattapatha, near Sinharaja World Heritage Site (WHS),
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,
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,
<quantity id="DA5E958A03153E212AEDE6E2FAB1FA77" box="[1266,1336,1439,1463]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" unit="m" value="150.0">150 m</quantity>
asl, coll.
<date id="69181EAF03153E212E88E6B9FEF8FA1C" box="[151,369,1476,1500]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" value="1999-11-24">24 November 1999</date>
, K. Manamendra-Arachchi;
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212CAEE6B9FD76FA1C" box="[689,767,1476,1500]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9670-f832" name="National Museum of Sri Lanka" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">NMSL</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212D19E6B8FCCFFA1C" box="[774,838,1477,1500]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">WHT</collectionCode>
7570, male, Pitadeniya, near Sinharaja WHS,
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,
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,
<quantity id="DA5E958A03153E212F34E69AFEFBFA3F" box="[299,370,1511,1535]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" unit="m" value="320.0">320 m</quantity>
asl, coll.
<date id="69181EAF03153E212FC2E69AFD22FA3F" box="[477,683,1511,1535]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" value="1999-09-01">1 September 1999</date>
, S. Batuwita &amp; A. Alagiyawadu;
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<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212A69E695FB3FFA3F" box="[1142,1206,1512,1535]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">WHT</collectionCode>
7571, female, Kalugala near Baduraliya,
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,
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,
<quantity id="DA5E958A03153E212CDAE571FD76F9E4" box="[709,767,1548,1572]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" unit="m" value="60.0">60 m</quantity>
asl, coll.
<date id="69181EAF03153E212D71E571FBA5F9E4" box="[878,1068,1548,1572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" value="2000-02-03">3 February 2000</date>
, K. Manamendra-Arachchi &amp; S. V. Nanayakkara;
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212F48E552FE2CF987" box="[343,421,1583,1607]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9670-f832" name="National Museum of Sri Lanka" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">NMSL</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="7BB7A0AA03153E212FB4E54DFE62F987" box="[427,491,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">WHT</collectionCode>
7572, male, Haycock Mountain, near Hiniduma,
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, 80°18E’,
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asl, coll.
<date id="69181EAF03153E212E88E529FEFAF9AC" box="[151,371,1620,1644]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" value="1999-09-15">15 September 1999</date>
, K. Manamendra-Arachchi.
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212ED6E50AFECAF950" bold="true" box="[201,323,1655,1680]" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212F55E505FDB4F950" box="[330,573,1656,1680]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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differs from its peninsular-Indian and Sri Lankan congeners by the combination of the following characters. Maximum SVL
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; paired postmentals, anterior pair broadly in contact with each other; 53–58 tubercles in paravertebral row; 17–19 longitudinal rows of middorsal tubercles; ventral scales across midbody, 32–39; dorsal scales heterogeneous; ventral scales smooth, with 3 serrae; precloacal-femoral pores 17–20 on each side, separated mesially by 1–3 poreless scales; subcaudals smooth, the median row enlarged; supralabials to angle of jaws, 11 or 12; subdigital lamellae on digit IV of pes 10 or 11; postcloacal spurs, 1–3; coloration in life chocolate-brown, nape with distinct black longitudinal stripes, back with indistinct irregular black bands; venter dusky white, a yellow lateral band from snout to back of head.
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03153E212ED6E4E5FE35F870" box="[201,444,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="18">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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resembles
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<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03153E212C25E4E4FD42F870" box="[570,715,1944,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="depressus">H. depressus</taxonomicName>
,
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but differs from the latter species by the combination of following characters: presence of greater number of paravertebral tubercles (53–58, vs. 35–41); a greater number of longitudinal rows of middorsal tubercles (17–19, vs. 13–16); possessing relatively small and closely spaced middorsal tubercles (vs. large and widely spaced); postcloacal spurs 1–3 (vs. absent); coloration in life chocolate-brown (vs. light brown); and nape with distinct black longitudinal stripes (vs. without stripes).
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03163E222E88E255FE8FFEFD" bold="true" box="[151,262,296,317]" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) of neotype (WHT 7573) and recently-collected material of
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<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03163E222A71E255FAD9FEFE" box="[1134,1360,296,318]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">Hemidactylus pieresii</taxonomicName>
.
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Specimens with broken tails are indicated by an asterisk.
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<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E208FED6FDF9" box="[151,351,373,569]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Snout-vent length Forearm length Tibia length Tail length</th>
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE208FDCCFDF9" box="[467,581,373,569]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">WHT 7573 (neotype) 75.3 8.8 10.1 61.1</th>
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E208FD77FDF9" box="[664,766,373,569]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">WHT 196 70.9 9.3 11.3 78.8</th>
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E208FC40FDF9" box="[842,969,373,569]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">WHT 7570* 65.3 7.3 10.4 7.1</th>
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE208FB2BFDF9" box="[1059,1186,373,569]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">WHT 7571* 66.1 7.0 11.0 7.5</th>
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E208FA15FDF9" box="[1276,1436,373,569]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">WHT 7572 79.2 8.2 10.3 68.0</th>
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<tr id="A3963A2D0316C1DF2E88E135FA15FD41" box="[151,1436,584,641]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E135FED6FD41" box="[151,351,584,641]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Tail width Trunk length</th>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE135FDCCFD41" box="[467,581,584,641]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">8.2 42.2</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E135FD77FD41" box="[664,766,584,641]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">7.2 40.6</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E135FC40FD41" box="[842,969,584,641]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">6.4 36.8</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE135FB2BFD41" box="[1059,1186,584,641]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">7.0 38.5</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E135FA15FD41" box="[1276,1436,584,641]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">6.5 41.0</td>
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<tr id="A3963A2D0316C1DF2E88E1EDFA15FD09" box="[151,1436,656,713]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E1EDFED6FD09" box="[151,351,656,713]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Head length Head width</th>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE1EDFDCCFD09" box="[467,581,656,713]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">20.0 14.0</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E1EDFD77FD09" box="[664,766,656,713]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">19.9 14.3</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E1EDFC40FD09" box="[842,969,656,713]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">17.6 11.8</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE1EDFB2BFD09" box="[1059,1186,656,713]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">18.4 12.4</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E1EDFA15FD09" box="[1276,1436,656,713]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">19.8 13.0</td>
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<tr id="A3963A2D0316C1DF2E88E1A5FA15FC99" box="[151,1436,728,857]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E1A5FED6FC99" box="[151,351,728,857]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Head depth Eye diameter Eye to ear distance Snout length</th>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE1A5FDCCFC99" box="[467,581,728,857]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">7.3 4.7 4.8 7.1</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E1A5FD77FC99" box="[664,766,728,857]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">6.5 4.5 4.6 7.6</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E1A5FC40FC99" box="[842,969,728,857]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">6.9 4.2 5.5 6.9</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE1A5FB2BFC99" box="[1059,1186,728,857]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">7.2 4.0 5.1 7.4</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E1A5FA15FC99" box="[1276,1436,728,857]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">7.1 4.6 5.0 7.5</td>
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<tr id="A3963A2D0316C1DF2E88E015FA15FC61" box="[151,1436,872,929]" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E015FED6FC61" box="[151,351,872,929]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Naris-eye distance Interorbital width</th>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE015FDCCFC61" box="[467,581,872,929]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">5.5 7.3</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E015FD77FC61" box="[664,766,872,929]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">5.5 6.9</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E015FC40FC61" box="[842,969,872,929]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">5.1 6.3</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE015FB2BFC61" box="[1059,1186,872,929]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">5.2 8.2</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E015FA15FC61" box="[1276,1436,872,929]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">5.5 5.4</td>
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<tr id="A3963A2D0316C1DF2E88E0CDFA15FC29" box="[151,1436,944,1001]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">
<th id="E04753510316C1DF2E88E0CDFED6FC29" box="[151,351,944,1001]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Ear length Internarial distance</th>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2FCCE0CDFDCCFC29" box="[467,581,944,1001]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">1.6 2.4</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2C87E0CDFD77FC29" box="[664,766,944,1001]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">1.5 2.1</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2D55E0CDFC40FC29" box="[842,969,944,1001]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">1.6 1.8</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2A3CE0CDFB2BFC29" box="[1059,1186,944,1001]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">0.8 2.0</td>
<td id="E04753510316C1DF2AE3E0CDFA15FC29" box="[1276,1436,944,1001]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">1.3 1.8</td>
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Description of
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(data for other recent material given in brackets; for measurements, see
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). Head relatively short (head length 27.2 [25.0–28.1]% SVL), wide (head width 70.0 [65.7–71.9]% head length), depressed (head height 36.5 [35.9–39.2]% head length), distinct from neck. Canthus rostralis indistinct. Snout relatively long (snout length 35.5 [37.9–40.2]% HL), longer than eye diameter (eye diameter 66.2 [54.1–66.2]% snout length). Eye to ear distance 67.6 [60.5–79.7]% snout length, greater than eye diameter (eye diameter 97.9 [76.4–97.8]% eye to ear distance). Eye to ear distance 87.3 [83.6–108]% nostril to eye distance. Interorbital width 36.5 [27.3–44.6]% head length. Scales on snout and forehead granular, much larger than those on occipital region. Eye relatively large (eye diameter 23.5 [21.7–23.9]% head length), pupil vertical. Supraciliaries short, obtuse. Ear opening oval, small (ear length 8.0 [4.3–9.1]% head length). Rostral wider (3.4 [2.6–3.4] mm) than deep (2.0 [1.5–1.8] mm) (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222F4CE617FE15FA42" box="[339,412,1386,1410]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A), incompletely divided dorsally by a weakly-developed rostral groove. Two enlarged supranasals, separated by two longitudinally-orientated internasal scales (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222DF9E6F3FBA4FA66" box="[998,1069,1422,1446]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Rostral in contact with first supralabial, supranasals and anterior internasal (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222CDEE6CFFC8EFA0A" box="[705,775,1458,1482]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Nostrils oval, dorsolaterally orientated, each in broad contact with rostral, supranasal, and three subequal postnasals (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222D76E6ABFC27FA2E" box="[873,942,1494,1518]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Mental subpentagonal, wider than or as wide as (3.8 [2.3–3.4] mm) deep (2.9 [2.0–2.7] mm) (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222CEDE687FCBFF9D2" box="[754,822,1530,1554]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B). Two pairs of enlarged postmentals, the first as long as broad, in narrow medial contact, with no intervening granules or scales, bordered laterally by and narrowly in contact with first and second infralabials and broadly in contact with secondary postmental (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222A83E53FFB69F99A" box="[1180,1248,1602,1626]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B). Throat scales small, granular. Supralabials to angle of jaws, 11 [11–12]; infralabials to angle of jaws, 8 [9–11]. Interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal, 15 [12–15].
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Body moderately elongate, relatively robust (trunk length 57.4 [51.8–58.2]% SVL) (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03163E222A68E5D3FB46F906" box="[1143,1231,1710,1734]" captionStart="FIGURE 1. A" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1656,1679]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,268,1631]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,267,1632]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. A. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573); dorsal views of trunk, B. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573); C. lectotype of Hemidactylus depressus (BMNH RR 1962.190); D. topotype of Hemidactylus depressus (WHT 7577). Scale bar 10 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210840/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="19">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
), with well-developed denticulate ventrolateral folds. Dorsal scales heterogeneous, intermixed with keeled, subtrihedral (
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C), relatively large tubercles extending from parietal region on to back and base of tail. Tubercles most prominent on dorsolateral surfaces, somewhat smaller and more conical on nape; keeled tubercles in 17 [17–19] longitudinal rows at midbody (
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B); saggital fold absent, parasaggital row of tubercles present; 58 [53–56] tubercles on paravertebral row from parietal region to midsacrum. Ventral scales much larger than dorsal scales, cycloid, each with three serrae (
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D), imbricate to subimbricate, largest under thighs and between precloacal-femoral pores and vent, somewhat larger on abdomen than on pectoral; somewhat enlarged scales anterior to precloacal-femoral pores. Midbody scale rows across belly between ventrolateral folds, 32 [32–39]. Scales on throat minute, granular, grading into larger scales in gular region. Interrupted series of 19 [17–20] (on left side) and 18 [17–19] (on right side) precloacal-femoral pores separated medially by two [1–3] poreless scales in males (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03173E232A61E3C1FB48FF14" box="[1150,1217,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
E).
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03173E232E88E505FEBFF94D" bold="true" box="[151,310,1656,1679]" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 1. A.</emphasis>
Neotype of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03173E232FA5E505FD10F94E" box="[442,665,1656,1678]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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(WHT 7573); dorsal views of trunk,
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03173E232A3DE504FBB0F94E" bold="true" box="[1058,1081,1657,1678]" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">B.</emphasis>
Neotype of
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(WHT 7573);
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lectotype of
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(BMNH RR1962.190);
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03173E232DA1E5EAFC5EF96C" bold="true" box="[958,983,1687,1708]" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">D.</emphasis>
topotype of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03173E232A43E5EAFADBF96D" box="[1116,1362,1687,1709]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">Hemidactylus depressus</emphasis>
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(WHT 7577). Scale bar 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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Fore and hind limbs relatively short, stout. Forearm short (forearm length 12.0 [10.4–13.1]% SVL) (
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). Tibia relatively short (tibia length 13.7 [13.0–16.6]% SVL). Dorsal and ventral scales of upper arm granular, lateral ones imbricate, similar to ventral scales; lower arm dorsally with smooth, imbricate scales intermixed with conical tubercles, ventrally and laterally with smooth, imbricate scales. Thigh scales heterogeneous, dorsally covered by granules intermixed with tubercles; ventral and lateral scales of thigh smooth, imbricate. Dorsal and lateral surfaces of shank with smooth imbricate scales and conical tubercles; ventral surface of shank scaly, scales similar to pectoral and abdominal scales. A rudimentary web at angle between thigh and shank (
<figureCitation id="859D24EA03173E232A21E4ADFB0DF828" box="[1086,1156,2000,2024]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1240,1263]" captionTargetBox="[168,1420,398,1209]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1215]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neotype of Hemidactylus pieresii (WHT 7573), A. Dorsal aspect of snout; B. Ventral aspect of chin; C. Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body; D. Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body; E. Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web); F. Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210841/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="20">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
E). Palm and sole scales granular. Digits relatively short, all bearing claws; the most proximal and distal subdigital lamellae entire, notched, the rest divided (
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F); lamellae on finger I, 7 [7 or 8], finger II, 10 [9 or 10], finger III, 10 [9 or 10], finger IV, 10 [10], finger V, 10 [9 or 10]; toe I, 8 [7 or 8], toe II, 11 [10 or 11], toe III, 11 [10 or 11], toe IV, 11 [11], toe V, 10 [9–12]; interdigital webbing, rudimentary; relative length of digits of manus IV&gt; III&gt; II&gt; V&gt; I; pes IV&gt; III&gt; V&gt; II&gt; I.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1D19386F03103E242E88E7A5FDD4FA8A" blockId="4.[151,1435,1240,1354]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242E88E7A5FE9AFB2D" bold="true" box="[151,275,1240,1263]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Neotype of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242F8DE7A5FDF9FB2E" box="[402,624,1240,1262]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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(WHT 7573),
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242D18E7A5FCA9FB2D" bold="true" box="[775,800,1240,1261]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">A.</emphasis>
Dorsal aspect of snout;
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242A07E7A4FBA6FB2E" bold="true" box="[1048,1071,1241,1262]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">B.</emphasis>
Ventral aspect of chin;
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242B3EE7A5FAB0FB2F" bold="true" box="[1313,1337,1240,1263]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">C.</emphasis>
Arrangement of scales on dorsal region of mid-body;
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242C6EE78AFD03FACC" bold="true" box="[625,650,1271,1292]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">D.</emphasis>
Arrangement of scales on ventral region of mid-body;
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242AD8E78AFB57FACC" bold="true" box="[1223,1246,1271,1292]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">E.</emphasis>
Preanal and hindlimb regions showing presence of precloacal-femoral pores (shaded area between thigh and shank indicates web);
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242B28E66BFAC1FAEB" bold="true" box="[1335,1352,1302,1323]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">F.</emphasis>
Ven t ral aspect of digit V of left pes. Scale bar 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1D19386F03103E242ED6E60CFD47F9FD" blockId="4.[151,1437,1393,2029]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">
Tail of
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regenerated. Tail of NMSL WHT 196 tapering, longer than SVL (tail length 111.0% SVL), flattened in cross section. Dorsal scales imbricate. Tail with enlarged conical, strongly keeled tubercles arranged in regular whorls (
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); dorsum of tail with enlarged whorls of scales arranged in 6 [6–8] tubercles per whorl anteriorly, becoming reduced towards tail tip. Subcaudal scales half as wide as tail width, with a single median series of enlarged plates. Prominent series of keeled, acute scales along lateral sides of tail. Cloacal spurs with two [1–3] enlarged tubercles on either side of tail base.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1D19386F03103E242ED6E534FE82F969" blockId="4.[151,1437,1393,2029]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242ED6E534FED8F9A2" bold="true" box="[201,337,1609,1634]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Coloration.</emphasis>
In preservative (
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) dorsum dusky brown; venter dusky white. A colour photograph presented by
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242F0EE510FC94F945" author="Somaweera" box="[273,797,1645,1669]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Somaweera, R. &amp; Somaweera, N. (2009) Lizards of Sri Lanka, a Colour Guide with Field Keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 304 pp." type="book" year="2009">Somaweera &amp; Somaweera (2009: fig. 197D)</bibRefCitation>
depicts the species in life, identified as
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242B1DE513FE8DF96A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Hemidactylus depressus</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="55BC6BE403103E262ED6E5CBFA92FAB7" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="1D19386F03103E242ED6E5CBFD6AF841" blockId="4.[151,1437,1393,2029]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242ED6E5CBFED9F90E" bold="true" box="[201,336,1718,1742]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is apparently a patronym for the “friend, to whom we are indebted for several Zoological specimens, and to whom was awarded one of the prizes of the Royal Industrial Exhibition, for specimens of natural productions of
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” (
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242C75E580FCCBF8D5" author="Kelaart" box="[618,834,1789,1813]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Kelaart, E. F. (1853 [' 1852 ']) Prodromus Faunae Zeylanicae, being Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon. Privately Published, xxxiii + 197 + 54 + (3) pp." type="journal article" year="1853">Kelaart, 1853: 159</bibRefCitation>
), a Mr Pieres, Latinized in the genitive singular. The specific name was incorrectly spelled ‘piersii’ by
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242CCEE45CFC1FF8F9" author="Smith" box="[721,918,1825,1849]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Taylor and Francis, London, xiv + 440 pp." type="book" year="1935">Smith (1935: 91)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242DBBE45CFB30F8F9" author="Deraniyagala" box="[932,1209,1825,1849]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1953) A Colored Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. National Museum, Colombo, 101 pp." type="book" year="1953">Deraniyagala (1953: 48)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242AECE45CFDA3F89D" author="Pethiyagoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Pethiyagoda, R. &amp; Manamendra-Archchi, K. (1997) The life and work of Edward Fredric Kelaart. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 2, 217 - 246." type="journal article" year="1997">Pethiyagoda &amp; Manamendra-Arachchi (1997: 232)</bibRefCitation>
. Although not in use in
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today, the surname spelling ‘Pieres’ was in use in
<collectingCountry id="65B178FF03103E242EFFE414FEC7F841" box="[224,334,1897,1921]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
in Kelaart’s time (
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03103E242C01E414FD5FF841" author="Attendorf" box="[542,726,1897,1921]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21" refString="Attendorf, D. V. (1959) Genealogy of the family Oorloff of Ceylon. Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union, 49, 70 - 82." type="journal article" year="1959">Attendorf, 1959</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1D19386F03103E262ED6E4F3FD11FF14" blockId="4.[151,1437,1393,2029]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,151,1399]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242ED6E4F3FDD8F866" bold="true" box="[201,593,1933,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Natural history and distribution.</emphasis>
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242CE9E4F2FCE2F866" box="[758,875,1935,1958]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">H. pieresii</emphasis>
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were found under the bark of the tree
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03103E242B07E4F2FEB5F80A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="21">Dipterocarpus ceylonicus</emphasis>
(Dipterocarpaceae)
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and also sometimes hiding in crevices in boulders. The species is known from several locations in the south-western wet zone lowlands of
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(Haycock, near Hiniduma; Yattapatha and Pitadeniya, near the Sinharaja WHS; Kalugala, near Baduraliya); and from the Gannoruwa Proposed Forest Reserve, Peradeniya, near Kandy (see
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1D19386F03113E252E88E4E3FF47F813" blockId="5.[151,1436,1950,2003]" pageId="5" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03113E252E88E4E3FE9DF874" bold="true" box="[151,276,1950,1973]" pageId="5" pageNumber="22">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Distribution in Sri Lanka of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03113E252C5AE4E2FCAAF875" box="[581,803,1951,1973]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="22">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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(squares; type locality, Kandy, in red) and
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03113E252AFAE4DDFAE0F875" box="[1253,1385,1951,1973]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="22">H. depressus</emphasis>
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(circles).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="1D19386F03123E262ED6E3A2FB41FD67" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262ED6E3A2FEE6FF38" bold="true" box="[201,367,223,248]" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Comparisons.</emphasis>
(Precloacal or femoral-pore count given for each side of thigh.) Among its Sri Lankan congeners,
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262EC6E279FE5BFEDC" box="[217,466,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
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is distinguished from the apparently closely-related
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A5DE278FB5EFEDC" box="[1090,1239,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. depressus</emphasis>
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by possessing a greater number of paravertebral tubercles (53–58, vs. 35–41), a greater number of longitudinal rows of middorsal tubercles (17–19, vs. 13–16), possessing relatively small and closely spaced middorsal tubercles (vs. large and widely spaced: compare
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B with 1C, D), postcloacal spurs, 1–3 (vs. no postcloacal spurs), chocolate-brown live coloration (vs. light brown), and nape with distinct black longitudinal stripes (vs. without black stripes). It is distinguished from males of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262FC9E2C4FDB5FE10" box="[470,572,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. hunae</emphasis>
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by possessing 17–20 precloacal-femoral pores on each side (vs. 26–28), separated by 1–3 (vs. 7–9) poreless scales; from males of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262D11E2A0FCF4FE34" box="[782,893,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. lankae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262DA8E2A0FB00FE34" box="[951,1161,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. parvimaculatus</emphasis>
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by possessing a greater number of precloacal-femoral pores (17–20, vs.
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); from males of
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<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B9EE17CFF7BFDFC" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. frenatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having an interrupted (vs. continuous) row of precloacal-femoral pores; from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A86E158FAC5FDFC" box="[1177,1356,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leschenaultii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A86E158FAC5FDFC" box="[1177,1356,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. leschenaultii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of subtrihedral and raised (vs. rounded, flattened) middorsal tubercles; and from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262AB3E134FAC3FDA0" box="[1196,1354,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scabriceps">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262AB3E134FAC3FDA0" box="[1196,1354,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. scabriceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of heterogeneous, raised (vs. homogeneous, imbricate) middorsal scales.
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A4DE111FAC0FD44" box="[1106,1353,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A4DE111FAC0FD44" box="[1106,1353,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262ECBE1ECFE63FD67" authority="Schneider" authorityName="Schneider" box="[212,490,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyurus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262ECBE1ECFEE9FD68" box="[212,352,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. platyurus</emphasis>
(Schneider)
</taxonomicName>
in possessing heterogeneous (vs. homogeneous) dorsal scalation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1D19386F03123E262ED6E1C8FA92FAB7" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">
From among its peninsular-Indian congeners (
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262CCBE1C9FC7FFD0C" box="[724,1014,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subtriedrus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262CCBE1C9FC7FFD0C" box="[724,1014,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus subtriedrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently considered as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262EE4E1A4FEFCFD30" box="[251,373,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="triedrus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262EE4E1A4FEFCFD30" box="[251,373,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. triedrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
<bibRefCitation id="7937459E03123E262FB3E1AAFDC7FD2F" author="Mahony" box="[428,590,727,751]" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" refString="Mahony, S. (2011) Taxonomic revision of Hemidactylus brookii Gray: a re-examination of the type series and some Asian synonyms, and a discussion of the obscure species Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa, 3042, 37 - 67." type="journal article" year="2011">Mahony, 2011</bibRefCitation>
)
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262C43E1A4FD59FD30" box="[604,720,729,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262C43E1A4FD59FD30" box="[604,720,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most reminiscent of
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262DCCE1A4FB2DFD2F" authority="Smith" authorityName="Smith" box="[979,1188,727,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prashadi">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262DCCE1A4FBD1FD30" box="[979,1112,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. prashadi</emphasis>
Smith
</taxonomicName>
, from which it differs, however, by the possession of fewer rows of middorsal tubercles (17–19, vs.
<quantity id="DA5E958A03123E262DEAE181FBA4FCD4" box="[1013,1069,764,788]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.334" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" unit="in" value="21.0">21 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A2BE180FB30FCD4" box="[1076,1209,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prashadi">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A2BE180FB30FCD4" box="[1076,1209,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. prashadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a lesser maximum SVL (
<quantity id="DA5E958A03123E262EC5E062FECBFCF8" box="[218,322,799,824]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.92" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="79.2">79.2 mm</quantity>
, vs.&gt; 100.0 mm) and a dorsal pattern of irregular black bands (vs. small paler blotches).
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262B32E05DFEAFFC9C" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B32E05DFEAFFC9C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from its other peninsular Indian congeners as follows: from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A38E038FAC7FC9C" authority="Bauer et al." authorityName="Bauer et al." box="[1063,1358,836,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imbricatus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A38E038FB4AFC9C" box="[1063,1219,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. imbricatus</emphasis>
Bauer
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B0AE038FACEFC9C" box="[1301,1351,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">et al</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of heterogeneous, raised (vs. homogeneous, imbricate) middorsal scalation; from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262AB9E014FEE8FC64" authority="Agarwal, Giri &amp; Bauer" authorityName="Agarwal, Giri &amp; Bauer" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graniticolus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262AB9E014FADAFC40" box="[1190,1363,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. graniticolus</emphasis>
Agarwal, Giri &amp; Bauer
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of 23–28 (vs. 17–19) precloacal-femoral pores; and from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262ABEE0F0FA15FC64" authority="Ruppell" authorityName="Ruppell" box="[1185,1436,908,932]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262ABEE0F0FAB5FC64" box="[1185,1340,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. flaviviridis</emphasis>
Rüppell
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262ED4E0CCFDB8FC07" authority="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" box="[203,561,943,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="garnotii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262ED4E0CCFEC5FC08" box="[203,332,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. garnotii</emphasis>
Duméril &amp; Bibron
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of 17–19 middorsal tubercles (vs. dorsum with very few enlarged tubercles, often absent altogether; and dorsum with small, uniform, granular scales, respectively). It differs from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262F18E084FE79FBCF" authority="Daudin" authorityName="Daudin" box="[263,496,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="triedrus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262F18E084FE0AFBD0" box="[263,387,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. triedrus</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of the latter’s characteristic transverse bands; and from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262B03E084FE8DFBF4" authority="Anderson" authorityName="Anderson" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B03E084FA15FBD0" box="[1308,1436,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. persicus</emphasis>
Anderson
</taxonomicName>
by having 53–58 paravertebral tubercles and 17–19 midbody tubercles (vs. 32 paravertebral tubercles and 13 midbody tubercles). In having an enlarged median series of subcaudal scales
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A78E73CFB56FB98" box="[1127,1247,1089,1112]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A78E73CFB56FB98" box="[1127,1247,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the following species:
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262F72E718FDF4FBBC" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" box="[365,637,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulatus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262F72E718FD81FBBC" box="[365,520,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. reticulatus</emphasis>
Beddome
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262CA9E718FBE1FBBC" authority="Grandison &amp; Soman." authorityName="Grandison &amp; Soman." box="[694,1128,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albofasciatus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262CA9E718FCE6FBBC" box="[694,879,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. albofasciatus</emphasis>
Grandison &amp; Soman.
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A6EE719FAEFFBBC" box="[1137,1382,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A6EE719FAEFFBBC" box="[1137,1382,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs from the following species in possessing heterogeneous (vs. homogeneous) dorsal scalation:
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262AE5E7F4FEA4FB04" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anamallensis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262AE5E7F4FF3CFB04" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. anamallensis</emphasis>
(Günther)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262F26E7D0FDB1FB04" authority="Stoliczka" authorityName="Stoliczka" box="[313,568,1196,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262F26E7D0FE40FB04" box="[313,457,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. giganteus</emphasis>
Stoliczka
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262C70E7D0FC7DFB04" authority="McMahan &amp; Zug. It" authorityName="McMahan &amp; Zug. It" box="[623,1012,1196,1221]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilonius">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262C70E7D0FC81FB04" box="[623,776,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. aquilonius</emphasis>
McMahan &amp; Zug. It
</taxonomicName>
differs from the following species by possessing 17–20 precloacal-femoral pores on each side in males:
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262D63E7ACFB20FB27" authority="Sharma" authorityName="Sharma" box="[892,1193,1231,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="porbandarensis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262D63E7ACFBC4FB28" box="[892,1101,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. porbandarensis</emphasis>
Sharma
</taxonomicName>
(vs. an angular series of 6 precloacal pores),
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262FBFE788FD01FACC" authority="Blanford" authorityName="Blanford" box="[416,648,1268,1292]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262FBFE788FD93FACC" box="[416,538,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. gracilis</emphasis>
Blanford
</taxonomicName>
(6 precloacal pores),
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262D9CE788FB41FACC" authority="Giri &amp; Bauer" authorityName="Giri &amp; Bauer" box="[899,1224,1268,1292]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sataraensis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262D9CE788FBAFFACC" box="[899,1062,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. sataraensis</emphasis>
Giri &amp; Bauer
</taxonomicName>
(pores absent),
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262B9FE788FEA3FAEF" authority="Gray" authorityName="Gray" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brookii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B9FE788FF6EFAF0" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. brookii</emphasis>
Gray
</taxonomicName>
(12–13 femoral pores),
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262C53E664FCBFFAEF" authority="Mahony" authorityName="Mahony" box="[588,822,1303,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="treutleri">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262C53E664FD47FAF0" box="[588,718,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. treutleri</emphasis>
Mahony
</taxonomicName>
(3–7 femoral pores) and
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262A75E664FA15FAF0" authority="Giri et al." authorityName="Giri et al." box="[1130,1436,1303,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gujaratensis">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262A75E664FA93FAF0" box="[1130,1306,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H. gujaratensis</emphasis>
Giri
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262B40E664FA15FAF0" box="[1375,1436,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">et al.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(12–14 femoral pores).
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262F82E641FD18FA94" box="[413,657,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pieresii">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262F82E641FD18FA94" box="[413,657,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">Hemidactylus pieresii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="DAA643EC03123E262D97E640FBE1FA94" authority="Giri" authorityName="Giri" box="[904,1128,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aaronbaueri">
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262D97E640FC15FA94" box="[904,924,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="2FD2E47D03123E262DB5E641FBBCFA94" box="[938,1077,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="23">aaronbaueri</emphasis>
Giri
</taxonomicName>
by having 1–2 (vs. 6) poreless scales between the femoral pores and by its smaller size (maximum SVL
<quantity id="DA5E958A03123E262DE1E622FBEDFAB7" box="[1022,1124,1375,1399]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.92" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="79.2">79.2 mm</quantity>
, vs.&gt;
<quantity id="DA5E958A03123E262AB1E622FA86FAB7" box="[1198,1295,1375,1399]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="6" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="100.0">100 mm</quantity>
).
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