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| image = Hemidactylus giganteus.jpg<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, C. |author2=Srinivasulu, B. |date=2013 |title=''Hemidactylus giganteus'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T172701A1369660 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172701A1369660.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Hemidactylus<br />
| species = giganteus<br />
| authority = [[Ferdinand Stoliczka|Stoliczka]], 1871<br />
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'''''Hemidactylus giganteus''''', also known as the '''giant leaf-toed gecko''', the '''giant southern tree gecko''', or the '''giant gecko''', is a species of [[gecko]] [[endemic]] to [[India]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Hemidactylus|species=giganteus}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.5 times the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave; ear-opening rather large, suboval, vertical. Body and limbs stout. Digits free, inner well developed, strongly dilated; with straight transverse lamella beneath; 11 or 12 under the inner digits, 13 to 15 under the median. Upper surfaces covered with uniform small granular scales, somewhat larger on the snout, smallest on the hinder part of the head. Rostral quadrangular, not quite twice as broad as deep; nostril pierced between the rostral and three nasals;12 to 15 upper and 11 to 13 lower labials; mental large, pentagonal; two pairs of chin-shields, the inner the larger. Abdominal scales rather small, cycloid, imbricate. Male with a series of femoral pores interrupted mesially; 19 to 22 pores on each side. Tail without large tubercles. Olive-grey above, with irregular dark, pale-edged marks in imperfect circles, tending to form, or forming, 4 or 5 transverse undulating bands on the body; below uniform white.<br />
From snout to vent 4.8 inches.<br />
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==Distribution==<br />
Godavari Valley and Malabar. Found on trees, mainly near water sources. found in northern Andhra pradesh, India.<br />
Type locality: near Badhrachalam, Godavari Valley<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.<br />
* Giri, V., Bauer, A.M., and Chaturvedi, N. 2003 Notes on the distribution, natural history, and variation of ''Hemidactylus giganteus'' Stoliczka. Hamadryad 27: 217–221.<br />
* Stoliczka, F. 1871 Notes on new or little-known Indian lizards. Proc. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Calcutta) 1871: 192-195<br />
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==External links==<br />
* http://www.uroplatus.com/photopage/images/Hemidactylus%20giganteus%2001.jpg<br />
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[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1871]]<br />
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