Biology:Hemidactylus anamallensis

Hemidactylus anamallensis
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. anamallensis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus anamallensis (Günther, 1875)
Synonyms
Gecko anamallensis Dravidogecko anamallensis Hemidactylus anamallensis

Hemidactylus anamallensis, also known as the Anamalay gecko or Anamalai Hill gecko, is a species of gecko found in the South Indian hills of Palni, Anamalai and Tirunelveli. It was formerly assigned to the genus Dravidogecko, with a suggestion of resurrection in 2003, as the study suggested molecular phylogenetics is to have had a separate origin from the other Hemidactylus species., but has not yet been widely adopted.

References

• Bansal R, Karanth KP (2013) Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Dating Suggest That Hemidactylus anamallensis Is Not a Member of the Hemidactylus Radiation and Has an Ancient Late Cretaceous Origin. PLoS ONE 8(5): e60615. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060615
• Bauer, Aaron M. & Anthony Patrick Russell. 1995. The systematic relationships of Dravidogecko anamallensis (Günther 1875). Asiatic Herpetol. Res. 6: 30-35.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Günther, A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875: 224-234.

External links

• Hemidactylus anamallensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Wikidata ☰ Q3019009 entry