Hemidactylus graniticolus is a cryptic rock-dwelling species of large gecko found in India. The holotype was described from hills near Harohalli village in the Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka.Ishan Agarwal, Varad B. Giri & Aaron M. Bauer (2011): A new cryptic rock-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from south India. Zootaxa (2011) 2765: 21–37
Etymology
The species is named graniticolus because it dwells upon the granite rock formations.
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