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| name = ''Hemidactylus acanthopholis''<br />
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| genus = Hemidactylus<br />
| species = acanthopholis<br />
| authority = [[Zeeshan Mirza|Mirza]] & [[Rajesh Sanap|Sanap]], 2014<ref name="Reptiles" >{{cite web |url=http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Lizards/Information-News/New-Warty-Indian-Gecko-Species-Discovered-at-the-National-History-Museum-in-London/ |title=New Warty Indian Gecko Species Discovered at the National History Museum in London |author=John Virata |date=10 July 2014 |website=[[Reptiles (magazine)|Reptiles]] |accessdate=31 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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'''''Hemidactylus acanthopholis''''' is a species of [[house gecko]]s from the [[Tirunelveli]] in southern [[Tamil Nadu]]. Bearing a superficial resemblance to ''[[Hemidactylus maculatus]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mirza |first=Zeeshan A. |last2=Sanap |first2=Rajesh V. |date=2014 |title=A new Cryptic species of Gecko of the genus ''Hemidactylus'' Oken, 1817 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Southern India |url=http://www.sljol.info/index.php/TAPRO/article/view/7056 |journal=Taprobanica: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity |publisher=Taprobanica Private Limited and the Research Centre for Climate Change |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=12–20 |doi=10.4038/tapro.v6i1.7056 |accessdate=31 July 2014 |via=SLJOL |doi-access=free }}</ref> the species is usually found on large rocks or boulders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-researcher-duo-discover-two-species-of-lizard-in-ghats-2006124 |title=Mumbai researcher duo discover two species of lizard in Ghats |author=Ateeq Shaikh |date=29 July 2014 |website=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] |accessdate=31 July 2014 }}</ref> Growing {{convert|20|-|23|cm|abbr=on}} in length, the species is an overall brown color, but has dark stripes on its back. It takes its name from the warty protuberances running along its dorsal surface.<ref name="Reptiles" /><br />
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[[Category:Fauna of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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