Hemidactylus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species (160): H. aaronbaueri – H. acanthopholis – H. adensis – H. agrius – H. albituberculatus – H. albivertebralis – H. albofasciatus – H. albopunctatus – H. alfarraji – H. alkiyumii – H. angulatus – H. ansorgii – H. aporus – H. aquilonius – H. arnoldi – H. asirensis – H. awashensis – H. barbierii – H. barodanus – H. bavazzanoi – H. bayonii – H. benguellensis – H. beninensis – H. biokoensis – H. bouvieri – H. bowringii – H. brasilianus – H. brookii – H. chikhaldaraensis – H. chipkali – H. citernii – H. coalescens – H. craspedotus – H. curlei – H. dawudazraqi – H. depressus – H. dracaenacolus – H. echinus – H. endophis – H. eniangii – H. fasciatus – H. festivus – H. flaviviridis – H. forbesii – H. foudaii – H. fragilis – H. frenatus – H. funaiolii – H. garnotii – H. giganteus – H. gleadowi – H. gracilis – H. granchii – H. graniticolus – H. granosus – H. granti – H. greeffii – H. gujaratensis – H. hajarensis – H. hemchandrai – H. homoeolepis – H. hunae – H. imbricatus – H. inexpectatus – H. inintellectus – H. isolepis – H. ituriensis – H. jubensis – H. jumailiae – H. kamdemtohami – H. kangerensis – H. karenorum – H. kimbulae – H. klauberi – H. kolliensis – H. kundaensis – H. kurdicus – H. kushmorensis – H. kyaboboensis – H. laevis – H. lamaensis – H. lankae – H. laticaudatus – H. lavadeserticus – H. lemurinus – H. leschenaultii – H. longicephalus – H. lopezjuradoi – H. luqueorum – H. mabouia – H. macropholis – H. maculatus – H. makolowodei – H. malcolmsmithi – H. mandebensis – H. masirahensis – H. matschiei – H. megalops – H. mercatorius – H. mindiae – H. minutus – H. modestus – H. montanus – H. mrimaensis – H. muriceus – H. murrayi – H. newtoni – H. nzingae – H. ophiolepis – H. ophiolepoides – H. oxyrhinus – H. paaragowli – H. paivae – H. pakkamalaiensis – H. palaichthus – H. parvimaculatus – H. paucifasciatus – H. pauciporosus – H. paucituberculatus – H. persicus – H. pieresii – H. platycephalus – H. platyurus – H. prashadi – H. principensis – H. pseudomuriceus – H. puccionii – H. pumilio – h. quartziticolus – H. reticulatus – H. richardsonii – H. robustus – H. romeshkanicus – H. ruspolii – H. saba – H. sahgali – H. sankariensis – H. sataraensis – H. scabriceps – H. shihraensis – H. sinaitus – H. siva – H. smithi – H. somalicus – H. squamulatus – H. srikanthani – H. stejnegeri – H. sushilduttai – H. tanganicus – H. tasmani – H. taylori – H. tenkatei – H. thayene – H. treutleri – H. triedrus – H. tropidolepis – H. turcicus – H. ulii – H. vanam – H. varadgirii – H. vietnamensis – H. vijayraghavani – H. whitakeri – H. yajurvedi – H. yerburii

Name

Hemidactylus Oken, 1817

References

Primary references

Template:Oken, 1817

Additional references

Ullenbruch, K.; Grell, O.; Böhme, W. 2010: Reptiles from southern Benin, West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), and a country-wide checklist. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57(1): 31–54. PDF
Agarwal, I.; Giri, V.B.; Bauer, A.M. 2011: A new cryptic rock-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from south India. Zootaxa 2765: 21–37. Preview
Carranza, S.; Arnold, E.N. 2012: A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa 3378: 1–95. Preview Reference page.
Malonza, P.K.; Bauer, A.M. 2014: A new species of arboreal forest-dwelling gecko (Hemidactylus: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from coastal Kenya, East Africa. Zootaxa 3786(2): 192–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.7 Reference page.
Moravec, J. et al. 2011: High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 2894: 21–38. Preview
Šmíd, J., Carranza, S., Kratochvíl, L., Gvoždík, V., Nasher, A.K. & Moravec, J. 2013. Out of Arabia: A Complex Biogeographic History of Multiple Vicariance and Dispersal Events in the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). PLoS ONE 8(5): e64018. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064018 Reference page.
Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Kratochvíl, L., Gvoždík, V., Nasher, A.K., Busais, S.M., Wilms, T.M., Shobrak, M.Y. & Carranza, S. 2013. Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt. ZooKeys 355: 79–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.355.6190 Reference page.
Wagner, P., Leaché, A.D. & Fukita, M.K. 2014. Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation. Bonn zoological Bulletin 63(1): 1–14. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Murthy, B.H.C.K., Bauer, A.M., Lajmi, A., Agarwal, I. & Giri, V.B. 2015. A new rock dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Chhattisgarh, India. Zootaxa 4021(2): 334–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.5. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H. & Patil, R. 2017. A New Large Species of Gecko of the Genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Comptes Rendus Biologies 340(11–12): 531–540. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.09.003 Reference page.
Giri, V.B., Bauer, A.M., Mohapatra, P.P., Srinivasulu, C. & Agarwal, I. 2017. A New Species of Large-bodied, Tuberculate Hemidactylus Oken (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4347(2): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.8. Reference page.
Safaei-Mahroo, B., Ghaffari, H., Ghafoor, A. & Amini, S. 2017. A New Species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Qara Dagh Mountains, Kurdistan Region, with A Key to the Genus in Iraq. Zootaxa 4363(3): 377–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.4. Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new cryptic species of ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India. Phyllomedusa 17(2): 169–180. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i2p169-180 Reference page.
Chaitanya, R., Lajmi, A. & Giri, V.B. 2018. A new cryptic, rupicolous species of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Meghamalai, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4374(1): 49–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.3 Reference page.
Lajmi, A., Datta-Roy, A., Vyas, R., Agarwal, I. & Karanth, K.P. 2018. The curious case of Hemidactylus gujaratensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4388(1): 137–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.11 Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Gowande, G.G., Patil, R., Ambekar, M. & Patel, H. 2018. First appearance deceives many: disentangling the Hemidactylus triedrus species complex using an integrated approach. PeerJ 6, e5341. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5341 Reference page.
van der Vos, W., Stein, K., Di-Poï, N. & Bickelmann, C. 2018. Ontogeny of Hemidactylus (Gekkota, Squamata) with emphasis on the limbs. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 195–209. DOI: 10.3897/zse.41.22289. Reference page.
Chaitanya, R., Agarwal, I., Lajmi, A. & Khandekar, A. 2019. A novel member of the Hemidactylus brookii complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4646(2): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.2.2. Reference page.
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Agarwal, I., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4746(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 July 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Halbfinger-Geckos
English: House geckos
norsk: Halvfingergekkoer
ไทย: จิ้งจกบ้าน
Wolof: unk bi