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of the common gecko

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Gekkonidae Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos ('' Hemidactylus''), tokay g ...

. It has 189 described

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, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the

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regions of the world, extending into the subtropical parts of

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and

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. They excel in colonizing

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ic islands by

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, and are for example found across most of

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. In some

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es,

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es are found.Lizards of the World (2004):
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'. Version of 2004-FEB-08. Retrieved 2009-APR-04. Geckos like to live in and out of houses. They have been introduced to Australia. The species are typically known as house geckos, due to their readiness to adapt to and coexist with humans, and can be easily encountered in human habitations. This genus was originally established by

Lorenz Oken Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 – 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (german: Okenfuß) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg), Ortenau, Baden, and studied natural history ...

in 1817 for the species at that time known as ''Hemidactylus tuberculosus'', and now described as the

tropical house gecko The tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko or cosmopolitan house gecko (''Hemidactylus mabouia'') is a species of house gecko native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is also currently found in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean ...

(''Hemidactylus mabouia''). This species is closely related to the genus ''

Gehyra ''Gehyra'' is a genus of geckos in the family ''Gekkonidae''. They are known as web-toed geckos or dtellas, and most species within the genus bear close resemblance to geckos from the genus ''Hemidactylus''. Geographic range ''Gehyra'' specie ...

'', which belongs to the same family in Gekkonidae.

Evolution

The origin of the genus ''Hemidactylus'' is still unclear as the higher level phylogeny is not well resolved. Moreover, much of the diversity in this group still remains to be discovered.

Feces

A house gecko will usually confine its excretions to one area of a house. This is sometimes considered a nuisance by home owners, and may stain certain surfaces. The feces are approximately five (5) millimeters in length, two (2) millimeters wide, and dark brown (almost black) in color.

Description

The

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lepidosis is either uniform or heterogeneous. The pupil of the eye is vertical. Males have pre-anal or

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s. Each finger or toe has a slender distal clawed

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, angularly bent and rising from within the extremity of the dilated portion. Boulenger, G.A. (1890). ''

The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma ''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books th ...

. Reptilia and Batrachia''. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Genus ''Hemidactylus'', p. 82)
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The fingers and toes are free, or more or less webbed, and dilated; underneath they bear two rows of

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in a pattern resembling a

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. This leads to their other and more ambiguous common name, " leaf-toed geckos", used mainly for species from

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and its surroundings to prevent confusion with the many "leaf-toed"

Gekkota Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

not in ''Hemidactylus''. Gecko feet

Some members of the genus, such as ''H. platyurus'', are able to run

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ly across water by a partially surface tension-dependent mechanism distinct from the

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gait of basilisks.

Communication

Like many other gecko species, species in the genus ''Hemidactylus'' are able to communicate with distinct vocalizations. Depending on the species, their vocalizations range from quiet clicks to short squeaks and chirps. For example, the Asian

common house gecko The common house gecko (''Hemidactylus frenatus'') is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tayoto, chipkali or moon lizard. Most geckos are nocturn ...

(''Hemidactylus frenatus'') is notable for its distinctive chirping.

Species

*'' Hemidactylus aaronbaueri'' Giri, 2008 – Aaron Bauer's house gecko *''

Hemidactylus acanthopholis ''Hemidactylus acanthopholis'' is a species of house geckos from the Tirunelveli in southern Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by populatio ...

'' Mirza & Sanap, 2014 *'' Hemidactylus achaemenidicus'' *'' Hemidactylus adensis'' Šmíd et al., 2014 *'' Hemidactylus aemulus'' Kumar, Srinivasulu, & Srinivasulu, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus afarensis'' – Afar gecko *'' Hemidactylus agrius'' Vanzolini, 1978 – country leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus albituberculatus'' Trape, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus albivertebralis '' Trape & Böhme, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus albofasciatus'' Grandison &

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, 1963 – white-striped viper gecko *'' Hemidactylus albopunctatus'' Loveridge, 1947 – white-spotted gecko, white-spotted leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus alfarraji'' Šmid, Shobrak, Wilms, Joger & Carranza, 2016 *'' Hemidactylus alkiyumii'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus angulatus'' Hallowell, 1854 *'' Hemidactylus ansorgii'' Boulenger, 1901 – Nigerian leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus aporus'' Boulenger, 1906 – Annobon leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus aquilonius''

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, 2007 *'' Hemidactylus arnoldi''

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, 1978 – Arnold's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus asirensis'' Šmid, Shobrak, Wilms, Joger, & Carranza, 2016 *'' Hemidactylus awashensis'' Šmíd et al., 2014 *'' Hemidactylus barbierii'' Sindaco, Razzetti & Ziliani, 2007 *'' Hemidactylus barbouri'' Loveridge, 1942 – Barbour’s leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus barodanus'' Boulenger, 1901 – enigmatic gecko *'' Hemidactylus bavazzanoi'' Lanza, 1978 – Somali banded gecko, Bavazzano’s gecko *'' Hemidactylus bayonii''

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, 1893 – Barboza's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus benguellensis''

, 1893 – Benguela house gecko *'' Hemidactylus beninensis'' Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet, 2006 *'' Hemidactylus biokoensis''

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, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 – Bioko leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus boavistensis'' Boulenger, 1906 – Boa Vista leaf-toed gecko *''

Hemidactylus bouvieri ''Hemidactylus bouvieri'', also known commonly as Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko and the Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed as critically endange ...

'' ( Bocourt, 1870) – Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko, Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus bowringii'' (

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, 1845) – Oriental leaf-toed gecko, Bowring's gecko, Sikkimese dark-spotted gecko, Asian smooth gecko *'' Hemidactylus brasilianus'' Amaral, 1935 – Amaral's Brazilian gecko *'' Hemidactylus brookii'' Gray, 1845 – Brooke's house gecko, spotted house gecko *'' Hemidactylus carivoensis'' Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, Ernst, Veríssimo, Baptista, & Pinto, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis'' Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019 – Chikhaldara brookiish gecko *'' Hemidactylus chipkali'' Mirza &

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, 2017 – Central Indian leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus cinganji'' Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, Ernst, Veríssimo, Baptista, & Pinto, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus citernii'' Boulenger, 1912 – speedy leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus coalescens'' Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 *'' Hemidactylus craspedotus'' Mocquard, 1890 – Mocquard's house gecko, frilled gecko, frilled house gecko *''

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'' Parker, 1942 – Parker's gecko, northern leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus dawudazraqi'' Moravec, Kratochvíl, Amr, Jandzik, Šmíd & Gvoždík, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus depressus'' Gray, 1842 – Sri Lankan leaf-nosed gecko, Kandyan gecko *'' Hemidactylus dracaenacolus'' Rösler & Wranik, 1999 *'' Hemidactylus easai'' Das, Pal, Siddharth, Palot, Deepak, & Narayanan, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus echinus''

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, 1875 – hedgehog leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus endophis'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus eniangii'' Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 *'' Hemidactylus fasciatus'' Gray, 1842 – banded leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus faustus'' Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, Ernst, Veríssimo, Baptista, & Pinto, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus festivus'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus flavicauda'' Lajmi, Giri, Singh, & Agarwal, 2020 – Mahabubnagar yellow-tailed brookiish gecko *'' Hemidactylus flaviviridis'' Rüppell, 1835 – yellow-bellied gecko, northern house gecko *'' Hemidactylus forbesii'' Boulenger, 1899 – Socotra leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus foudaii'' Baha El Din, 2003 *'' Hemidactylus fragilis''

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, 1915 *'' Hemidactylus frenatus''

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, 1836 – common house gecko, Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko *'' Hemidactylus funaiolii'' Lanza, 1978 – Archer's post gecko, Kenya leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus garnotii'' A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – Indo-Pacific gecko, Garnot's house gecko, fox gecko, Assam greyish-brown gecko *'' Hemidactylus giganteus'' Stoliczka, 1871 – giant leaf-toed gecko, giant southern tree gecko, giant gecko *'' Hemidactylus gleadowi'' Murray, 1884 – Gleadow's house gecko *'' Hemidactylus gracilis'' Blanford, 1870 – graceful leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus gramineus'' Ceríaco, Bauer, Kusamba, Agarwal, & Greenbaum, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus granchii'' Lanza, 1978 – Granchi's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus graniticolus'' Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus granosus'' Heyden, 1827 *'' Hemidactylus granti'' Boulenger, 1899 – Grant's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus greeffii'' Bocage, 1886 – Greeff's gecko, Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Hemidactylus greeffii'', p. 107; ''Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi'', p. 247). Greeff's giant gecko"''Hemidactylus greeffii'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Hemidactylus gujaratensis'' Giri, Bauer, Vyas & S. Patil, 2009 – Gujarat gecko *'' Hemidactylus hajarensis'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus hannahsabinae'' Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques, & Bauer, 2020 *'' Hemidactylus hegdei'' Pal & Mirza, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus hemchandrai'' Dandge &

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, 2015 *'' Hemidactylus homoeolepis'' Blanford, 1881 – Arabian leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus hunae''

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, 1937 – spotted giant gecko *'' Hemidactylus imbricatus'' Bauer et al., 2008 – carrot-tailed viper gecko *'' Hemidactylus inexpectatus'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus inintellectus'' Sindaco, Ziliani, Razzetti, Pupin, Grieco, 2009 – Socotran rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus isolepis'' Boulenger, 1895 – scaly leaf-toed gecko, uniform-scaled gecko *'' Hemidactylus ituriensis'' Schmidt, 1919 – Ituri leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus jubensis'' Boulenger, 1895 – Ethiopian gecko, Mrioen leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus jumailiae'' Busais & Joger, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus kamdemtohami'' Bauer & Pauwels, 2002 – Kamdem Toham's gecko *'' Hemidactylus kangerensis'' Mirza,

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& R. Patil, 2017 *'' Hemidactylus karenorum'' (

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, 1868) – Burmese spotted gecko, Burmese leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus kimbulae'' Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Madawala, & de Silva, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus klauberi'' Scortecci, 1948 *'' Hemidactylus kolliensis'' Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019 – Kolli rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus kundaensis'' Chirio & Trape, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus kushmorensis'' Murray, 1884 – Kushmore house gecko *'' Hemidactylus kyaboboensis'' Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014 *'' Hemidactylus laevis'' Boulenger, 1901 – common leaf-toed gecko *''

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'' Ullenbruch, Grell & Bohme, 2010 *'' Hemidactylus lankae'' Deraniyagala, 1953 – termite hill gecko, Sri Lankan leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus lanzai'' *'' Hemidactylus laticaudatus'' L.G. Andersson, 1910 – Andersson's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus lavadeserticus'' Moravec & Bohme, 1997 – Syrian house gecko *'' Hemidactylus lemurinus'' Arnold, 1980 Dhofar leaf-toed gecko, Oman ghost leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus leschenaultii'' A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus longicephalus'' Bocage, 1873 *'' Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi'' Arnold,

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, Mateo & Carranza, 2008 (formerly in ''H. bouvieri'') *'' Hemidactylus luqueorum'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *''

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'' ( Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) – tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko, cosmopolitan house gecko *'' Hemidactylus macropholis'' Boulenger, 1896 – Boulenger’s gecko, large-scaled leaf-toed gecko *''

Hemidactylus maculatus ''Hemidactylus maculatus'', also known as the spotted leaf-toed gecko or giant spotted gecko, is a species of large gecko found in the Western Ghats of India and in parts of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, ...

'' A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – spotted leaf-toed gecko, giant spotted gecko *'' Hemidactylus mahonyi'' Adhikari, Achyuthan, Kumar, Khot, Shreeram, & Ganesh, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus makolowodei'' Bauer, Lebreton, Chirio, Ineich & Talla Kouete, 2006 *'' Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' ( Constable, 1949) – Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko, Smith's bent-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus mandebensis'' Šmíd et al., 2014 *''

Hemidactylus masirahensis ''Hemidactylus masirahensis'' is a species of house gecko. It is endemic to Masirah Island, off the coast of central Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian coun ...

'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus matschiei'' ( Tornier, 1901) – Togo leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus megalops'' Parker, 1932 – Parker's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus mercatorius'' Gray, 1842 *'' Hemidactylus mindiae'' Baha El Din, 2005 – Mount Sinai gecko *'' Hemidactylus minutus'' Vasconcelos & Carranza, 2014 *'' Hemidactylus modestus'' (Günther, 1894) – moderate leaf-toed gecko, Tana River gecko *'' Hemidactylus montanus'' Busais & Joger, 2011 – mountain leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus mrimaensis'' Malonzo & Bauer, 2014 – Kaya gecko *'' Hemidactylus muriceus'' W. Peters, 1870 – Guinea leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus murrayi'' Gleadow, 1887 – Murray's house gecko *'' Hemidactylus newtoni'' Ferreira, 1897 – Newton's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus nicolauensis'' Vasconcelos, Kohler, Geniez, & Crochet, 2020 *'' Hemidactylus nzingae'' – Queen Nzinga’s tropical gecko *'' Hemidactylus ophiolepis'' Boulenger, 1903 – snake-scaled leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus ophiolepoides'' Lanza, 1978 – Lanza's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus oxyrhinus'' Boulenger, 1899 – sharp-nosed leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus paaragowli'' Srikanthan, Swamy, Mohan &

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, 2018 – Travancore rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus paivae'' – Paiva’s gecko *'' Hemidactylus palaichthus'' Kluge, 1969 – Antilles leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus parvimaculatus'' Deraniyagala, 1953 – spotted house gecko *'' Hemidactylus pauciporosus'' Lanza, 1978 *'' Hemidactylus paucituberculatus'' Carranza & Arnold, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus persicus'' J. Anderson, 1872 – Persian leaf-toed gecko, Persian gecko *'' Hemidactylus pfindaensis'' Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, Ernst, Veríssimo, Baptista, & Pinto, 2021 *'' Hemidactylus pieresii'' Kelaart, 1852 *'' Hemidactylus platycephalus'' W. Peters, 1854 – tree gecko, flat-headed leaf-toed gecko, baobab gecko *'' Hemidactylus platyurus'' ( Schneider, 1792) – flat-tailed house gecko, frilled house gecko, Asian house gecko *'' Hemidactylus porbandarensis''

Sharma Sharma is a Brahmin Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem ( nom. ) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Sarma is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some Assamese Brahmins use Sarmah. According to Bhavishya P ...

, 1981 *'' Hemidactylus prashadi'' M.A. Smith, 1935 – Bombay leaf-toed gecko, Prashad's gecko *'' Hemidactylus principensis''

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, Sellas & Drewes, 2012 *'' Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus''

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& Böhme, 2003Henle K, and Böhme W (2003)
"A new species of ''Hemidactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from West Africa, and comments on species hitherto confused with ''H. muriceus'' ". ''African Journal of Herpetology'' 52 (1) 23-38.
(''Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus'', new species). *'' Hemidactylus pseudoromeshkanicus'' *'' Hemidactylus puccionii'' Calabresi, 1927 – Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, Somali plain gecko *'' Hemidactylus pumilio'' Boulenger, 1899 – pygmy leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus raya'' Kumar, Srinivasulu, & Srinivasulu, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus reticulatus'' Beddome, 1870 – reticulated leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus richardsonii'' Gray, 1845 – Richardson's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis'' Agarwal, Thackeray, & Khandekar, 2020 – Rishi Valley rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus robustus'' Heyden, 1827 – Heyden's gecko *'' Hemidactylus romeshkanicus'' Torki, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus ruspolii'' Boulenger, 1896 – farm leaf-toed gecko, Ruspoli's gecko, turnip-tailed black and yellow gecko *'' Hemidactylus saba'' Busais & Joger, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus sahgali'' Mirza, Gowande, R. Patil, Ambekar &

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, 2018 – Sahgal’s termite hill gecko *'' Hemidactylus sankariensis'' Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019 – Sankari brookiish gecko *'' Hemidactylus sassanidianus'' *'' Hemidactylus sataraensis'' Giri & Bauer, 2008 – Satara gecko *'' Hemidactylus saxicolus'' Kumar, Srinivasulu, & Srinivasulu, 2022 *''

Hemidactylus scabriceps The scaly gecko (''Hemidactylus scabriceps'') is a species of nocturnal, terrestrial, insectivorous gecko found in South India and northern Sri Lanka. This species was first discovered in the coastal sand dunes of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu.An ...

'' ( Annandale, 1906) – scaly gecko *'' Hemidactylus shihraensis'' Busais & Joger, 2011 *'' Hemidactylus sinaitus'' Boulenger, 1885 – Red Sea gecko, Sinai leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis'' Khandekar, Thackeray, Pawar, & Agarwal, 2020 *'' Hemidactylus siva'' C. Srinivasulu, A. Srinivasulu &

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, 2018 – Hampi rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus smithi'' Boulenger, 1895 – Smith's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus somalicus'' Parker, 1932 – Northern Somali leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus squamulatus'' Tornier, 1896 – Tornier's leaf-toed gecko, Nyika gecko *'' Hemidactylus srikanthani'' Adhikari, Achyuthan, Kumar, Khot, Shreeram, & Ganesh, 2022 *'' Hemidactylus stejnegeri'' Ota & Hikida, 1989 – Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus subtriedrus'' Jerdon, 1854 – Jerdon's gecko, Madras blotched gecko *'' Hemidactylus sushilduttai'' Giri, Bauer, Mohapatra, C. Srinivasulu & Agarwal, 2017 - Dutta Mahendragiri gecko *'' Hemidactylus tamhiniensis'' Khandekar, Thackeray, & Agarwal, 2021 - Tamhini giant rock gecko, basalt giant rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus tanganicus'' Loveridge, 1929 - Tanzanian leaf-toed gecko, Tanzanian diamond gecko, Dutumi gecko *'' Hemidactylus tasmani'' Hewitt, 1932 - Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko *'' Hemidactylus taylori'' Parker, 1932 *'' Hemidactylus tenkatei'' Lidth de Jeude, 1895 *'' Hemidactylus thayene'' McMahan & Zug, 2007 *'' Hemidactylus treutleri''

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, 2009 - Treutler's gecko *'' Hemidactylus triedrus'' ( Daudin, 1802) – termite hill gecko, Dakota's leaf-toed gecko, blotched house gecko *'' Hemidactylus tropidolepis'' Mocquard, 1888 – Mocquard's leaf-toed gecko, Ogaden gecko *''

Hemidactylus turcicus The Mediterranean house gecko (''Hemidactylus turcicus'') is a species of house gecko common to the Mediterranean area which has spread to many parts of the world. It is commonly referred to as the Turkish gecko as represented in its Latin name ...

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, 1758 – Mediterranean house gecko, Turkish gecko *'' Hemidactylus ulii'' Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvil, Gvozdik, Nasher, Busais, Wilms, Shobrak & Carranza, 2013 *'' Hemidactylus vanam'' Chaitanya, Lajmi & Giri, 2018 - Megamalai rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus varadgirii'' Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar, 2019 – Giri’s brookiish gecko, Amboli brookiish gecko *'' Hemidactylus vernayi'' Ceriaco, Agarwal, Marques, & Bauer, 2020 – Vernay’s tropical gecko *'' Hemidactylus vietnamensis'' Darevsky, Kupriyanova & Roshchin, 1984 - Vietnam leaf-toed gecko, Vietnam house gecko *'' Hemidactylus vijayraghavani'' Mirza, 2018 *'' Hemidactylus whitakeri'' Mirza, Gowande, R. Patil, Ambekar & Patel, 2018 – Whitaker’s termite hill gecko *'' Hemidactylus xericolus'' Lajmi, Giri, Singh, & Agarwal, 2020 – Nalgonda yellow-tailed brookiish gecko *'' Hemidactylus yajurvedi''

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, Bauer, Lajmi, Agarwal & Giri, 2015 - Kanker rock gecko *'' Hemidactylus yerburyi'' J. Anderson, 1895 Yerbury’s gecko, Yerburi’s leaf-toed gecko

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny is from Pyron, ''et al.'' (2013),Pyron, R Alexander, Frank T Burbrink and John J Wiens. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013 13:93. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 and includes 47 ''Hemidactylus'' species. ''Hemidactylus'' is a sister group of ''

Cyrtodactylus ''Cyrtodactylus'' (Greek κυρτος ''kurtos'' "curved", from κυπτω ''kuptō'' "to stoop"; δακτυλος ''daktulos'' "finger, toe") is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and fores ...

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Lepidodactylus ''Lepidodactylus'' is a large genus of geckos, commonly known as scaly-toed geckos and closely related to house geckos or dtellas. Geographic range Species in the genus ''Lepidodactylus'' are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and O ...

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Diplodactylidae The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 genera. These geckos occur in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Diplodactylids are the most ecologically diverse and widespread family of geck ...

References

External links

Gekkonids
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