Smith's bent-toed gecko
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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
Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi was originally described in the genus Gymnodactylus. It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtodactylus.
Etymology
The specific name, malcolmsmithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[1]
Geographic range
Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is found in northern India, in the Indian state of Punjab.[2]
The type locality is "Beas River basin, Punjab, India".[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi are shrubland and forest.[4]
Description
A small species for its genus, Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Script error: No such module "convert".. 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
Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is oviparous.[2]
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo: Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, p. 247).
- ↑ a b c Species Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Constable (1949).
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Further reading
- 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).