Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India.

摘要: Two new species of geckos from the genera Cnemaspis and Hemidactylus are described a granite outcrop in Rishi Valley, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India. rishivalleyensis sp. nov. presently known only their type locality 8.7 % 10.9 divergent closest sister species, respectively. The allied to mysoriensis murrayi clades South Asian brookii group Indian Hemidactylus, two can be diagnosed regional congeners by number arrangement femoral precloacal pores poreless scales separating these series, body size, tubercles paravertebral rows, enlarged around mid-body, ventral across lamellae beneath digit IV pes manus, subtle differences colour pattern. Four endemic now have localities within 10 km each other, graniticola Cyrtodactylus Horsley Hills valley. also third Pradesh.