Smith's bent-toed gecko

Smith's bent-toed gecko (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi), also known commonly as Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.

Taxonomy

Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi was originally described in the genus Gymnodactylus. It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtodactylus.

Etymology

The specific name, malcolmsmithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.

Geographic range

Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is found in northern India, in the Indian state of Punjab.

The type locality is "Beas River basin, Punjab, India".

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi are shrubland and forest.

Description

A small species for its genus, Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . It has a series of 10–14 femoral pores on the ventral surface of each thigh, the two series being separated by two poreless scales.

Reproduction

Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• , , (2018). "On the Status of Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949)" Breviora (557): 1–11. (Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).
• (1949). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59–160. (Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi, new species, pp. 80–82).
• (1954). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124 (3): 469–492. (Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, new combination).