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Smith's bent-toed gecko

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Smith's bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. malcolmsmithi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
(Constable, 1949)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi
    Constable, 1949
  • Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi
    Underwood, 1954
  • Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
    Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2018

Smith's bent-toed gecko (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi), also known commonly as Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.

Taxonomy

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H. malcolmsmithi was originally described in the genus Gymnodactylus. It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtodactylus.

Etymology

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The specific name, malcolmsmithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[3]

Geographic range

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H. malcolmsmithi is found in northern India, in the Indian state of Punjab.[2]

The type locality is "Beas River basin, Punjab, India".[4]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of H. malcolmsmithi are shrubland and forest.[1]

Description

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A small species for its genus, H. malcolmsmithi has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.4 cm (2.1 in). It has a series of 10–14 femoral pores on the ventral surface of each thigh, the two series being separated by two poreless scales.[2]

Reproduction

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H. malcolmsmithi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Khan, M.S. (2010). "Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178497A7558883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178497A7558883.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, p. 247).
  4. ^ Constable (1949).

Further reading

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  • Agarwal I, Giri VB, Bauer AM (2018). "On the Status of Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949)" Breviora (557): 1–11. (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).
  • Constable, John D. (1949). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59–160. (Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi, new species, pp. 80–82).
  • Underwood, Garth (1954). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124 (3): 469–492. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).