| Scaly gecko | |
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| Adult individual from Tamil Nadu | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. scabriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)
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The scaly gecko (Hemidactylus scabriceps) is a species of nocturnal, terrestrial, insectivorous gecko found in South India and northern Sri Lanka. This species was first discovered in the coastal sand dunes of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu.[2] Subsequently, it was incorrectly identified and only recently, elaborate descriptions and molecular data are available, enabling a proper identification.[3]
- ^ Ganesh, S.R., Achyuthan, N.S., Jayasekara, D., Vidanapathirana, D., Kannishka, S., Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Samarawickrama, P., Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Karunarathna, S., Pushpamal, V., Perera, N., de Alwis Goonatilake, S. & Wikramanyake, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus scabriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178314A1531148. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Annandale, Nelson 1906. Notes on the fauna of a desert tract in southern India. Part. I. Batrachians and reptiles, with remarks on the reptiles of the desert region of the North-West Frontier. Mem Asiatic Soc Bengal Calcutta 1: 183-202
- ^ Ganesh, S. R., & Chandramouli, S. R. (2010). Rediscovery of Hemidactylus scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Tamil Nadu, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17(1), 70-74.