Листопалый геккон Лешенаульта (Hemidactylus leschenaultii)

Species of lizard
Speciesbox
| name = Leschenault's leaf toed gecko
| image = Hemidactylus Leschenaultii. jpg
| status = LC
| status system = IUCN3.1
| status ref =
| taxon = Hemidactylus leschenaultii
| authority = A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
| synonyms = *Hemidactylus leschenaultii
Hemidactylus bellii
Hemidactylus pustulosus
Hemidactylus kelaartii
Hemidactylus marmoratus
Hemidactylus leschenaultii
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H. leschenaultii has the following characters. Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear opening, 1.33 to 1.40 times the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave, the supraorbital ridges prominent in full grown specimens; ear opening rather large, oval, vertical. Body and limbs moderate. A slight fold of the skin on the side of the belly, from axilla to groin. Digits free, strongly dilated, inner well developed; 6 or 7 (rarely 5) lamellae under the inner digits, 9 to 11 under the median. Head covered with minute granules posteriorly, with larger ones anteriorly; rostral four sided, not twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral, three nasals, and generally the first labial; 10 to 12 upper and 8 or 9 lower labials; mental large, triangular or pentagonal; two pairs of chin shields, the inner the larger and in contact behind the mental. Upper surface of body covered with small granules, uniform or intermixed with more or less numerous scattered round tubercles. Abdominal scales moderate, cycloid, imbricate. Male with a series of femoral pores interrupted on the preanal region; 12 to 16 pores on each side. Tail depressed, flat below, covered above with small smooth scales and six longitudinal series of conical tubercles; beneath with a median series of transversely dilated plates. From snout to vent ; tail
Type locality: Ceylon.