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(
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A–D, 13D, 14B;
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adult males.
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Approximately
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southwest of Meghamalai village, en route to the Highwavy Mountains in Theni District,
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.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA0FDFD80FD60FDFC" bold="true" box="[199,647,557,584]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Summarized description and diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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Snout-vent length up to
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(n=9); two pairs of well-developed postmentals, inner pair only slightly longer than the outer (2PML/1PML 0.82–0.96), and of comparable length to the mental; ventral scales counted at midbody 28–34; precloacofemoral pores, 36–38 (n=3); subdigital lamellae under digit IV of manus 7–9 and under digit IV of pes, 9 or 10; supralabials, 9–11 and infralabials 8–10 on each side.
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can be distinguished from other congeners based on the following characters: number of precloacofemoral pores (PcFP 36–38 versus 45 or
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA414FD4DFB00FD4D" box="[1070,1255,735,761]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">D. anamallensis</emphasis>
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&amp;
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA5BBFD4DFEDAFCA8" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">D. septentrionalis</emphasis>
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); inner postmentals comparable in length to mental (
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/1PML 0.95–1.23 versus much longer,
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA1BBFC8AFDA2FCF4" box="[385,581,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">D. annamallensis</emphasis>
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); fewer subdigital lamellae under digit IV of pes (9 or 10 versus 11 or
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).
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA0FDFCC0FE78FC33" box="[199,415,877,903]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Genetic divergence</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA194FCC0FDC4FC33" box="[430,547,877,903]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">p-distance</emphasis>
).
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA200FCC0FC46FC33" box="[570,929,877,903]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA392FCC0FBE6FC33" bold="true" box="[936,1025,877,903]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E8C3531CFF84616BA392FCC0FBE6FC33" box="[936,1025,877,903]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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exhibits 0.4% intraspecific variation while it is 13.1% –13.8% divergent from
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA253FC3CFCC7FC1E" box="[617,800,912,938]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">D. anamallensis</emphasis>
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and 13.0%–13.7% divergent from
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF84616BA490FC3CFA94FC1E" box="[1194,1395,912,938]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">D. septentrionalis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="E8C3531CFF84616BA541FC3DFF2FFC7A" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="899E61FEFF846169A0FDFC7BFDCBFC7F" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="description">
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Description of
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.
</emphasis>
The
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is in good condition (
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). The head is slightly tilted towards the right, tail curved towards left and two distinct folds of skin just beneath the forearm insertion—all artefacts of preservation. Body is dorsoventrally flattened with the distal half of tail regenerated. Adult male, SVL
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. Head short (HL/SVL 0.28), slightly elongate (HW/HL 0.67), not depressed (HH/HW 0.56), distinct from neck. Loreal region slightly inflated, canthus rostralis indistinct (
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). Snout short (SE/HL 0.39), longer than orbital diameter (OD/SE 0.57); scales on snout, canthus rostralis, inter-orbital region, forehead, occipital and nuchal regions granular and rounded with those on the snout and canthus rostralis being larger (
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). Eye small (OD/HL 0.22); pupil vertical with crenulated margins; supraciliaries small, roughly triangular, pointed upwards and gradually increasing in size anteriorly. Ear opening elliptical (longer diameter
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); eye to ear distance longer than diameter of eye (EE/OD 1.37). Rostral wider than deep (RL/RW 0.30), rostral groove distinct but extending only marginally downwards from the suturing with internasals, medially; two large internasals, separated by two smaller, subequal scales, all in broad contact with rostral; two postnasals on either side, slightly smaller than the internasals, the lower in contact with supralabial I; rostral in contact with nasal, supralabial I, internasals and the two smaller scales separating the internasals; nostrils about the size of the lower postnasal, roughly circular with nasal pad visible posteriorly; nasal surrounded by internasal, rostral, two postnasals and a small scale separating it from supralabial I on either side; 2–4 rows of scales separate orbit from supralabials at mid-orbital position. Supralabials roughly rectangular, increasing in length anteriorly. Supralabials (to midorbital position) 6 (right), 7 (left); supralabials (to angle of jaw) 9 (right), 9 (left); infralabials (to angle of jaw) 8 (right), 8 (left). Mental triangular; two pairs of welldeveloped postmentals, the inner pair slightly shorter (
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) than the mental (
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), and in strong contact with each other (
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) behind mental; outer pair similar in size to inner pair, separated from each other by two gular scales that are only smaller than postmentals (
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). Inner postmentals bordered by mental, infralabial I, outer postmentals and two smaller gular scales; outer postmentals bordered by infralabials I (only on the left) and II, inner postmentals, and five smaller gular scales each of dissimilar sizes on either side. Body relatively slender, elongate (TRL/SVL0.49). Dorsal pholidosis homogenous, composed of small, rounded granules, becoming slightly larger, flatter, weakly pointed and sub-imbricate laterally; Ventral scales larger than dorsals, largely homogeneous in shape and size, smooth, flat, sub-imbricate; gular region with smaller, granular, juxtaposed scales; anterior gular scales visibly larger, flatter; scales on femoral region larger than those on sacrum and chest with some precloacal scales being largest; midbody scale rows across belly 28–29. Non-lamellar scales in the palmar and plantar regions heterogeneous in size, rounded and juxtaposed on palm and sole; scales on dorsal aspect of upper arm larger than granules on dorsum, flat, pointed, sub-imbricate and smooth; dorsal aspect of forearm with smaller, sub-imbricate scales intermixed with a few rounded granules around the elbow; scales on dorsal aspect of hand and digits larger than those on forearm, flat, weakly pointed and imbricate; scales on anterior aspect of thigh large, flat, imbricate and weakly pointed; rest of the dorsal scales on hindlimb smaller, granular and rounded. Scales on dorsal aspect of foot larger than those on shank, flat, weakly pointed and imbricate.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF85616AA0ADF9A3FEF3F993" bold="true" box="[151,276,1550,1575]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF85616AA1A5F9A2FD92F993" bold="true" box="[415,629,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">D. meghamalaiensis</emphasis>
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A) Full-body dorsal B) Head dorsal C) Head lateral D) Head ventral. Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C13B3275FF85616AA0FDF9D7FDF7F8D8" blockId="21.[151,1437,1657,2044]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Forearm (FL/SVL 0.11) and tibia short (CL/SVL 0.14); digits moderately short with relatively long terminal phalanges, strongly clawed; all digits of manus and digits I–IV of pes indistinctly webbed; terminal phalanx of all digits curved, arising angularly from distal portion of expanded lamellar pad, more than half as long as associated toepad; scansors beneath each toe undivided throughout, in a straight transverse series: 6-6-7-7-7 (left manus), 6- 7-7-7-6 (right manus), 6-7-8-9-7 (left pes), 6-7-8-9-7 (right pes). Relative length of digits (measurements in mm in parentheses): IV (4.1)&gt; III (3.9)&gt; II (3.6)&gt; V (3.5)&gt; I (2.9, claw broken) (left manus); IV (5.0)&gt; III (4.5)&gt; V (4.3)&gt; II (4.1)&gt; I (3.3) (left pes).</paragraph>
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Tail long (TL/SVL 1.06), rounded at the base, flat beneath, tapering posteriorly, covered above uniformly with round, smooth, flat, sub-imbricate scales that become slightly larger laterally; subcaudal scales larger, with an undivided median series of enlarged scales that continue until the regenerated portion. An uninterrupted series of 36 precloacofemoral pores that are only faintly visible towards the knee (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFF37FEAAFF07" box="[199,333,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Variation in</emphasis>
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Rostral groove extends halfway through the scale in
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Inner postmentals in contact with infralabials I and II in
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Inner postmentals bordered posteriorly by three gular scales in
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and four in
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Outer postmentals bordered by 6 gulars in
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Outer postmentals in contact only with infralabial II in
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and only with infralabial I in
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and
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. Other morphological variations are listed in
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.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFE14FE26FE67" box="[199,449,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Colour in preservative</emphasis>
. Dorsum predominantly light brown, mottled with darker, discontinuous streaks from the snout to the base of tail (
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). Similar mottling visible on dorsal aspect of limbs. Neck with a roughly circular, dark blotch flanked by 2 longitudinal streaks on either side. Posterior part of head demarcated by a disctinct horizontal streak. Inter-orbital region slightly darker than rest of the body with scattered vague dark-brown blotches. Labials appear paler than rest of the head with faint spots that are darker. Supralabials bordered by a dark, roughly triangular streak from nostril to eye. Limbs no different from rest of the dorsum. Tail predominantly grey with darker, faint, saddle shaped markings. Venter predominantly cream coloured. Ventral surface of tail pale, with scattered midbrown speckling throughout until the regenerated portion, which is predominantly mid-grey.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFD74FEB7FD47" box="[199,336,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Colouration</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A158FD77FE43FD47" box="[354,420,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">in life</emphasis>
). Dorsum pale with dark-brown streaks throughout that are bordered by one or two rows of yellowish scales (
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). Head dorsum ground colour, posterior part of snout predominantly with scattered yellow scales. Irregularly arranged dark spots in the inter-orbital region and forehead. A dark streak emanates from loreal region up to the eye and continues posteriorly into the lateral aspect of the neck. A discontinuous, roughly W shaped collar followed by a dark spot in the occipital region. Six dark, transverse streaks across the vertebral region until the sacrum. Limbs of ground colour with irregular dark streaks. Tail lighter than dorsum, with seven irregular, dark streaks. Tip of tail regenerated.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFC78FEA9FC5B" bold="true" box="[199,334,981,1007]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is an adjectival toponym referring to the Meghamalai Hills, where the
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series was collected.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFBB0FE0EFB83" box="[199,489,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Suggested Common name</emphasis>
. Meghamalai
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFBEDFE86FBEF" bold="true" box="[199,353,1088,1115]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution.</emphasis>
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is presently restricted in distribution to the Meghamalai Hills in the southern Western Ghats. Similar habitats are seen in the Vellimalai Range within the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary and in many parts of the Srivilliputtur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, where this species could also possibly occur.
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A0FDFB7DFDC7FB5F" bold="true" box="[199,544,1232,1259]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Habitat and natural history.</emphasis>
The type-series of
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<emphasis id="F3F0EE67FF866169A442FB7CFB33FB5F" bold="true" box="[1144,1236,1233,1259]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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was collected en route to the Highwavy Mountains within the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, where the habitat chiefly constitutes moist mixed deciduous forests (
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