Hemidactylus prashadi

Hemidactylus prashadi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Hemidactylus
Species: H. prashadi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus prashadi

Hemidactylus prashadi, also known as the Bombay leaf-toed gecko or Prashad's gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Etymology

The specific name, prashadi, is in honor of Indian zoologist Baini Prashad (1894–1969).[2]

Distribution

It is found in India (former Bombay Presidency).

Type locality: Surroundings of Jog, northern Kanara District, Bombay Presidency, India.[3]

References

  1. Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. Hemidactylus prashadi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172638A1357072. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172638A1357072.en. Downloaded on 14 June 2018.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus prashadi, p. 211).
  3. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Hemidactylus prashadi, new species, pp. 92-93).
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