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Hemidactylus Gray, 1825
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174054

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Cosymbotus Fitzinger, 1843
	Common Name(s):	House Geckos [English]
		Half-toed Geckos [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Gekkota
	Family	Gekkonidae – Geckos
	Genus	Hemidactylus Gray, 1825 – House Geckos, Half-toed Geckos
		Direct Children:
	Species	Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Giri, 2008
	Species	Hemidactylus agrius Vanzolini, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus albofasciatus (Grandison and Soman, 1963)
	Species	Hemidactylus albopunctatus Loveridge, 1947
	Species	Hemidactylus anamallensis (Günther, 1875)
	Species	Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1852
	Species	Hemidactylus ansorgii F. Werner, 1897
	Species	Hemidactylus aporus Boulenger, 1906
	Species	Hemidactylus aquilonius McMahan and Zug, 2007
	Species	Hemidactylus arnoldi Lanza, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus barbierii Sindaco, Razzetti, Wasonga, Carugati and Fasola, 2007
	Species	Hemidactylus barodanus Boulenger, 1901
	Species	Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893
	Species	Hemidactylus beninensis Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels and Lenglet, 2006
	Species	Hemidactylus boavistensis Boulenger, 1906
	Species	Hemidactylus bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)
	Species	Hemidactylus bowringii (Gray, 1845)
	Species	Hemidactylus brasilianus (Amaral, 1935)
	Species	Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 – Brook's House Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912
	Species	Hemidactylus craspedotus (Mocquard, 1890)
	Species	Hemidactylus curlei Parker, 1942
	Species	Hemidactylus dawudazraqi Moravec, Kratochvíl, Amr, Jandzik, Smíd and Gvozdík, 2011
	Species	Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842
	Species	Hemidactylus dracaenacolus Rösler and Wranik, 1999
	Species	Hemidactylus echinus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
	Species	Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842
	Species	Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835
	Species	Hemidactylus forbesii Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Hemidactylus foudaii Baha El Din, 2003
	Species	Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 – Common House Gecko, Geco-casero bocón, Bridled House Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus funaiolii Lanza, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril and Bibron, 1836 – Fox Gecko, Indo-Pacific Gecko, Indopacific Gecko, Indo-Pacific House Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871
	Species	Hemidactylus gleadowi Murrary, 1884
	Species	Hemidactylus gracilis Blanford, 1870
	Species	Hemidactylus granchii Lanza, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus graniticolus Agarwal, Giri and Bauer, 2011
	Species	Hemidactylus granti Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Hemidactylus greefii Bocage, 1886
	Species	Hemidactylus gujaratensis Giri, Bauer, Vyas and Patil, 2009
	Species	Hemidactylus haitianus Meerwarth, 1901
	Species	Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881
	Species	Hemidactylus hunae Deraniyagala, 1937
	Species	Hemidactylus imbricatus Bauer, Giri, Greenbaum, Jackman, Dharne and Shouche, 2008
	Species	Hemidactylus inintellectus Sindaco, Ziliani, Razetti, Carugati, Grieco, Pupin, Al-Aseily, Pella and Fasola, 2009
	Species	Hemidactylus isolepis Boulenger, 1895
	Species	Hemidactylus ituriensis Schmidt, 1919
	Species	Hemidactylus jubensis Boulenger, 1895
	Species	Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Bauer and Pauwels, 2002
	Species	Hemidactylus karenorum (Theobald, 1868)
	Species	Hemidactylus klauberi Scortecci, 1948
	Species	Hemidactylus kushmorensis Murrary, 1884
	Species	Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901
	Species	Hemidactylus lamaensis Ullenbruch, Grell and Böhme, 2010
	Species	Hemidactylus lankae Deraniyagala, 1953
	Species	Hemidactylus laticaudatus Andersson, 1910
	Species	Hemidactylus lavadeserticus Moravec and Böhme, 1997
	Species	Hemidactylus lemurinus Arnold, 1980
	Species	Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril and Bibron, 1836
	Species	Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873
	Species	Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Arnold, Vasconcelos, Harris, Mateo and Carranza, 2008
	Species	Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818) – Cosmopolitan House Gecko, Afro-American House Gecko, Geco-casero tropical, Afroamerican house gecko, Wood Slave
	Species	Hemidactylus macropholis Boulenger, 1896
	Species	Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril and Bibron, 1836
	Species	Hemidactylus mahendrai Shukla, 1983
	Species	Hemidactylus makolowodei Bauer, LeBreton, Chirio, Ineich and Talla Kouete, 2006
	Species	Hemidactylus marmoratus Hallowell, 1861
	Species	Hemidactylus matschiei (Tornier, 1901)
	Species	Hemidactylus megalops Parker, 1932
	Species	Hemidactylus mercatorius Gray, 1842
	Species	Hemidactylus mindiae Baha El Din, 2005
	Species	Hemidactylus modestus (Günther, 1894)
	Species	Hemidactylus muriceus W. Peters, 1870
	Species	Hemidactylus newtoni Ferreira, 1897
	Species	Hemidactylus ophiolepis Boulenger, 1903
	Species	Hemidactylus ophiolepoides Lanza, 1978
	Species	Hemidactylus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Hemidactylus palaichthus Kluge, 1969 – Antilles Leaf-toed Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953
	Species	Hemidactylus persicus J. Anderson, 1872
	Species	Hemidactylus platycephalus W. Peters, 1854
	Species	Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider, 1792) – Flat-tailed House Gecko, Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus porbandarensis Sharma, 1981
	Species	Hemidactylus prashadi H. Smith, 1935
	Species	Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle and Böhme, 2003
	Species	Hemidactylus puccionii Calabresi, 1927
	Species	Hemidactylus pumilio Boulenger, 1899
	Species	Hemidactylus reticulatus Beddome, 1870
	Species	Hemidactylus richardsonii (Gray, 1845)
	Species	Hemidactylus robustus Heyden, 1827
	Species	Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896
	Species	Hemidactylus sataraensis Giri and Bauer, 2008
	Species	Hemidactylus scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)
	Species	Hemidactylus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885
	Species	Hemidactylus smithi Boulenger, 1895
	Species	Hemidactylus somalicus Parker, 1932
	Species	Hemidactylus squamulatus Tornier, 1896
	Species	Hemidactylus stejnegeri Ota and Hikida, 1989
	Species	Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon, 1854
	Species	Hemidactylus tanganicus Loveridge, 1929
	Species	Hemidactylus tasmani Hewitt, 1932
	Species	Hemidactylus taylori Parker, 1932
	Species	Hemidactylus tenkatei Lidth De Jeude, 1895
	Species	Hemidactylus thayene Zug and McMahan, 2007
	Species	Hemidactylus treutleri Mahony, 2009
	Species	Hemidactylus triedrus (Daudin, 1802)
	Species	Hemidactylus tropidolepis Mocquard, 1888
	Species	Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mediterranean Gekko, Mediterranean House Gecko, Geco-casero del Mediterráneo, Mediterranean Gecko
	Species	Hemidactylus vietnamensis Darevsky, Kupriyanova and Roshchin, 1984
	Species	Hemidactylus yerburyi J. Anderson, 1895

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.
	Notes:	Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Source:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians ..., ed. 6.1, website (version 6.1)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Boundy, J., F. Burbrink, J. Campbell, B. Crother, K. de Quiroz, D. Frost, R. Highton, J. Iverson, F. Kraus, R. McDiarmid, J. Mendelson III, P. Meylen, R. Pyron, T. Reeder, M. Seidel, S. Tilley and D. Wake (Crother, B., ed.). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding. Edition 6.1, Last updated: 24 May 2011. Available at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus, House Geckos [English]

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Kluge, A. G.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	International Gecko Society
	Publication Place:	San Diego, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hemidactylus

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