Hemidactylus prashadi

Hemidactylus prashadi, also known commonly as the Bombay leaf-toed gecko or Prashad's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Hemidactylus prashadi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. prashadi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus prashadi M.A. Smith, 1935

Etymology

The specific name, prashadi, is in honor of Indian zoologist Baini Prashad (1894–1969).[2]

Geographic range

H. prashadi is found in India (former Bombay Presidency).

Type locality: "neighbourhood of Jog, N. Kanara district, Bombay Presidency".[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of H. prashadi is forest at altitudes of 15–1,500 m (49–4,921 ft).[1]

Description

H. prashadi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.5 cm (3.7 in), with a tail length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[3]

Reproduction

H. prashadi is oviparous.[4]

References

1. Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B (2013). "Hemidactylus prashadi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172638A1357072. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172638A1357072.en. Downloaded on 14 June 2018.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus prashadi, p. 211).
3. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Hemidactylus prashadi, new species, pp. 92-93).
4. Species Hemidactylus prashadi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Bansal R, Karanth KP (2010). "Molecular phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the Indian subcontinent reveals a unique Indian radiation and an Indian origin of Asian house geckos". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (1): 459–465.
• Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Greenbaum E, Giri VB, De Silva A (2010). "South Asia supports a major endemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (1): 343–352.
• Grossman W (2014). "Hemidactylus prashadi Smith, 1935 – Prashads Halbfinger Gecko im Terrarium ". Sauria 36 (2): 43–54. (in German).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Hemidactylus prashadi, p. 87). (in German).