''Hemidactylus flaviviridis'' is a species of

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. It is known as the yellow-belly gecko or northern house gecko.

Distribution

Its range includes Egypt (

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), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Argentina,

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(Yemen), N Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. The type locality is Insel Massaua, Abessinien.e

References

* Anderson, J. 1871 A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12–39. * Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57–59. * Mahendra, B. C. 1935 Sexual dimorphism in the Indian House-gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppel. Current Science Bangalore 4, 178–179. * Rüppell, E. 1835 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig, entdeckt und beschrieben. Amphibien. S. Schmerber, Frankfurt a. M.

External links

* * http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Hemidactylus_flaviviridis.jpg * http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Hemidactylus_flaviviridis2.jpg Hemidactylus Reptiles of Pakistan Reptiles described in 1835 {{Hemidactylus-stub