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was described from northern
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(=
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) based on two male specimens in the collection of the ZSI, which were previously misidentified as
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FCE2FAF1FB92FAF8" box="[894,1045,1337,1361]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. maculatus</emphasis>
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by
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, the collector of the
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. One specimen was transferred to BMNH in 1906. Annandales short description was composed primarily of comparing
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FE3EFA49FDE2FA30" box="[418,613,1409,1433]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. subtriedroides</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FD38FA49FCC2FA30" box="[676,837,1409,1433]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. subtriedrus</emphasis>
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, a species which he considered to be the most similar in appearance. He even acknowledged
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FDD5FA6DFD3DFA14" box="[585,698,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. brookii</emphasis>
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, vaguely stating that his new species differed by possessing a flatter and broader tail base, and that “The bulk is greater than that of
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FC17FA01FB86FA48" box="[907,1025,1481,1505]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. Brookii</emphasis>
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Gray, the dorsal tubercles are larger and the whole animal is more depressed. The proportions are also different.” Annandale was mostly correct in this statement if considering
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.
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, however due to the subjectivity of his comparison without quantifiable evidence, and perhaps more importantly, because one of the
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of
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represented this species, it was later synonymised without discussion (
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).
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appeared to recognise that this species was not typical of his concept of
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FE75F9B5FDD9F93C" box="[489,606,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. brookii</emphasis>
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and elevated it from synonymy to subspecific status as
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FB71F9B5FA86F93C" box="[1261,1281,1662,1685]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H</emphasis>
.
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, but also provided no justification for his action. Having examined both
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as part of this study it is clear that this is a distinct species from
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<taxonomicName id="07FE4D2AFFBBC324FDF3F90DFD65F974" box="[623,738,1733,1757]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="brookii">H. brookii</taxonomicName>
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It is here redescribed based on the BMNH
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which is designated as the
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in accordance with Article 75.1 of the
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. The figure of
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published soon after the original description (
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Annandale 1905b:Pl. II,
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) clearly depicts a specimen with an original tail, and thus is likely based on the
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specimen designated here (ZSI 4135:
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B). The reason for choosing the BMNH specimen as the
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, is that the preservation of the ZSI
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is of a lower quality, with signs that this specimen is now, or was in the past not maintained in 70% ethanol, leading to minor soft tissue degradation. See subsequent section of
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<emphasis id="F28AEABBFFBBC324FD56F855FCC2F81C" box="[714,837,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">H. tenkatei</emphasis>
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for further discussion regarding the taxonomic status of this species.
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