Dravidogecko anamallensis
| Dravidogecko anamallensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Dravidogecko |
| Species: | D. anamallensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dravidogecko anamallensis (Günther, 1875)
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Dravidogecko anamallensis is a species of gecko found in the South Indian hills of Palni, Anamalai and Tirunelveli. It was formerly assigned to the genus Hemidactylus, but has now been determined by molecular phylogenetics to have had a separate origin from the other Hemidactylus species.[1]
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
- 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.
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