Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko is an Indian Reptile that bears a scientific name "Hemidactylus reticulates". It is an Indian Reptile commonly known as the Reticulated Leaf-toed Gecko.
Habitat of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko is a species of terrestrial, nocturnal, insectivorous gecko found in rocky areas of South India. It takes refuge under stones on ground during day time and emerges out at night for its activities.
Structure of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko has the short head. It is oviform, very convex; snout a little longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening and than the diameter of the orbit; forehead not concave; ear-opening small, roundish.
Body of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
The body and limbs of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko is short. The digits of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko is short, free, with very short distal joints, moderately dilated; 5 or 6 lamella under the inner digits, 7 or 8 under the fourth finger, and 8 or 9 under the fourth toe.
Snout of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko has the snout covered with keeled granules. The rest of the head with smaller granules intermixed with round tubercles. Rostral Four-Sided, not twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral, the IIRSFC labial, and three or four nasals ; 9 or 10 upper and 7 to 9 lower labials: mental large, triangular or pentagonal; four chin-shields, inner pair largest and in contact behind the point of the mental.
Granules of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
The body of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko covered above with coarse granules intermixed with numerous irregularly arranged, small, round, keeled tubercles.
Scales of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
The abdominal scales of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko are rather small, cycloid, imbricate and smooth. Male with 6 to 9 pre-anal pores forming an angular series.
Tail of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
The tail of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko is cylindrical, tapering, covered above with small granular scales and rings of six or eight large conical tubercles, beneath are uniform small imbricated scales.
Colour of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko has brown above, with a network of darker lines; many of the tubercles are whitish; lower surfaces whitish, the throat sometimes veriniculated with brown.
Concentration of Reticulated Leaf-Toed Gecko
Reticulated Leaf-toed Gecko is concentrated in southern part of Indian states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. This species is very partial to rocky hillocks and outcrops and occurs from near sea level to over 1000 meters.
