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Two new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the rocky outcrops of the Deccan plateau, peninsular India
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- 1. Natural History Collection department, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, S. B. S. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India.
- 2. Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India.
- 3. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (CBCS), #F6, Central Facilities for Research and Development (CFRD), Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State-500 007, India.
- 4. Natural History Collection department, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, S. B. S. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India. & r.khot@bnhs.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-6965
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- 6. Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan post, Chennai 600 022, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Adhikari, Omkar D., Achyuthan, N. S., Kumar, G. Chethan, Khot, Rahul V., Shreeram, M. V., Ganesh, S.R. (2022): Two new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the rocky outcrops of the Deccan plateau, peninsular India. Zootaxa 5129 (2): 227-249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.4
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