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| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, C. |author2=Srinivasulu, B. |date=2013 |title=''Hemidactylus treutleri'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T194113A2300084 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194113A2300084.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Hemidactylus<br />
| species = treutleri <br />
| authority = [[Stephen Mahony|Mahony]], 2009<br />
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'''Treutler's gecko''' ('''''Hemidactylus treutleri''''') is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Hemidactylus|species=treutleri}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''treutleri'', is in honor of German-born Irish herpetoculturist [[Uli Treutler]] (1951–2006).<ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Hemidactylus treutleri'', p. 268).</ref><br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
''H. treutleri'' is found in the southern Indian states of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]].<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
The preferred natural [[habitat]]s of ''H. treutleri'' are [[forest]] and [[shrubland]], at altitudes of {{convert|350|–|720|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[Stephen Mahony|Mahony S]] (2009). "A New Species of Gecko of the Genus ''Hemidactylus'' (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''16''' (1): 27–34. (''Hemidactylus treutleri'', new species).<br />
*[[Buddi Laxmi Narayana|Narayana BL]], [[G. Baburao|Baburao G]], [[V. Vasudeva Rao|Rao VV]] (2016). "Distribution of Treutler's Gecko (''Hemidactylus treutleri'' Mahony, 2009) in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, southern India – a general information". ''Reptile Rap, Newsletter of the South Asian Reptile Network (SARN)'' (18): 25–28.<br />
*Narayana BL, [[Glugoth Surender|Surender G]], Rao VV (2014). "''Hemidactylus treutleri'' from Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India". ''Taprobanica'' '''6''' (1): 55.<br />
*[[Rachakonda Sreekar|Sreekar R]], [[Shreekant Deodhar|Deodhar S]], [[Yashada Kulkarni|Kulkarni Y]] (2010). "Predation on ''Hemidactylus treutleri'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) by the peninsular rock agama ''Psammophilus dorsalis'' (Squamata: Agamidae) in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India". ''Herpetology Notes, Publication of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica'' '''3''': 33–35.<br />
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[[Category:Hemidactylus]]<br />
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