Hemidactylus graniticolus is a cryptic rock-dwelling species of large gecko found in India. The holotype was described from hills near Harohalli village in the Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. graniticolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus graniticolus Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2011
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Etymology
editThe species is named graniticolus because it dwells upon the granite rock formations.[2]
References
edit- ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Hemidactylus graniticolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T194267A2307494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194267A2307494.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ishan Agarwal, Varad B. Giri & Aaron M. Bauer (2011): A new cryptic rock-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from south India. Zootaxa (2011) 2765: 21–37