Hemidactylus varadgirii

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Hemidactylus varadgirii
A Giri's Bookish Gecko on a light clay ground. The gecko itself is brown with black and tan spots and has a tail roughly equal in length to its body. The back half of the tail is striped and its hands are lighter than the rest of its skin.
Scientific classification edit
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Species:
Template:Taxonomy/HemidactylusH. varadgirii
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/HemidactylusHemidactylus varadgirii

Hemidactylus varadgirii, also commonly known as Giri's brookiish gecko and the Amboli brookiish gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India. It was discovered by herpetologist Varad Giri in the Indian village of Amboli, and was named in his honour.[1]

Taxonomy[edit | edit source]

H. varadgirii belongs to the H. brookii species group, to which the adjective "brookiish" in the common names refers.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:NRDB species

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