Hemidactylus karenorum
| Hemidactylus karenorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. karenorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus karenorum (Theobald, 1868) | |
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Hemidactylus karenorum, commonly known as the Burmese leaf gecko[1] or the Burmese leaf-toed gecko, is a species of gecko, which is endemic to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, karenorum, is in honor of the Karen people, a hill tribe in Myanmar.[1]
Description
Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, one and one third or one and two fifths the diameter of the orbit; forehead slightly concave; ear-opening small, roundish. Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout. Rostral four-sided, not quite twice so broad as high, with median cleft above; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first labial and three nasals. Eleven or twelve upper and seven to nine lower labials; mental large, triangular; two pair of chin-shields, median pair in contact. Body covered with minute granules and numerous small convex round tubercles; a slight lateral fold and another bordering the thighs posteriorly. Ventral scales cycloid, imbricate. Male with six pre-anal pores in an angular series. The female has six enlarged scales in the pre-anal region. Tail depressed, flat below, with sharp denticulated lateral edge, covered above with equal small scales, below with a median series of large transversely dilated plates. Limbs moderate; digits free, dilated, inner well developed; infradigital lamellae curved, five under the thumb, nine under the fourth finger, 5 or 6 under the first toe, 10 or 12 under the fourth toe. Light grey-brown above, variegated with darker brown. Lower parts whitish. Length of head and body 50 mm.; tail 56 mm.[2]
Geographic range
Myanmar (= Burma), NE India (Assam, Toungoo). Type locality: Karen-choung, near Toungoo, Myanmar (= Burma).
References
- 1 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 karenorum, p. 138).
- ↑ Rooij N de. 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. [Volume] I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Hemidactylus karenorum, pp. 30-31).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Hemidactylus karenorum, new combination, p. 140).
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hemidactylus karenorum, pp. 93–94).
- 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 karenorum, p. 102).
- Theobald W. 1868. Catalogue of the Reptiles of British Birma [sic], embracing the Provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. J. Linnean Soc. London, Zool. 10: 4-67. (Doryura karenorum, new species, pp. 30–31). (in Latin and English).