| Hemidactylus paaragowli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. paaragowli |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus paaragowli Srikanthan, Swamy, Mohan, & Pal, 2018 | |
Hemidactylus paaragowli, also known as the Travancore rock gecko, is a species of large rock-dwelling gecko endemic to Southern Western Ghats of India. [1]
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