Mirza Zeeshan A, Bhosale Harshal, Patil Rishikesh
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, 560065 Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
165/B Somwar Peth, near Rajdhani Towers, 415002 Satara, Maharashtra, India.
C R Biol. 2017 Nov-Dec;340(11-12):531-540. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.09.003. Epub 2017 Oct 14.
A new large species of gecko superficially resembling Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril & Bibron and its allied large Hemidactylus is described from Eastern Ghats. The new species, Hemidactylus kangerensis sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from members of the H. maculatus complex based on the number of femoral pores, i.e. 18-21 on each side, separated medially by 4 non-pored scales. A phylogenetic analysis based on partial sequence of mitochondrial gene cytochrome b shows that the gecko is a member of the "H. prashadi" clade and is sister to H. maculatus, from which it differs in an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 10%. The discovery of a new large gecko from Eastern Ghats advocates the need for biodiversity assessment across the neglected Eastern Ghats.
从东高止山脉描述了一种新的大型壁虎，其外观与斑点半叶趾虎（Duméril & Bibron）及其相关的大型半叶趾虎相似。新物种，坎格尔半叶趾虎（Hemidactylus kangerensis sp. nov.）可以根据股孔数量轻松地与斑点半叶趾虎复合体的成员区分开来，即每侧有18 - 21个股孔，中间由4个无孔鳞片隔开。基于线粒体基因细胞色素b部分序列的系统发育分析表明，这种壁虎是“普拉沙德半叶趾虎（H. prashadi）”分支的成员，并且是斑点半叶趾虎的姐妹种，它们之间的未校正成对序列差异为10%。从东高止山脉发现一种新的大型壁虎，这表明有必要对被忽视的东高止山脉进行生物多样性评估。
