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Hemidactylus scabriceps (Scaly Gecko)

Synonyms: Teratolepis scabriceps

Wikipedia Abstract

The Scaly Gecko, Hemidactylus scabriceps is a species of nocturnal, terrestrial, insectivorous gecko found in South India and northern Sri Lanka. It inhabits dry, sandy tracts mainly in the plains.
View Wikipedia Record: Hemidactylus scabriceps

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hemidactylus scabriceps

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Deccan thorn scrub forests India, Sri Lanka Indo-Malayan Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
East Deccan dry-evergreen forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0