Geckolepis humbloti

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: Geckolepis
Species: Geckolepis humbloti

Name

• Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887: 133

Holotype: MNHN 1885.480–82.

Type locality: “Grande Comore.”

Taxonomic note: synonymised with Geckolepis maculata by Angel (1942) and Köhler et al. (2009: 423,427), but ressurect to species rank by Hawlitschek et al. (2016: 292).

References

Primary references

• Vaillant, L. 1887. Matériaux pour servir l’histoire herpétologique des Iles Comores. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 11: 131–136.
• Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Memoires de l’Académie Malgache 36 Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
• Köhler, G., Diethert, H.-H., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2009. A revision of the fish scale geckos, genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. Herpetologica 65(4): 419–435. DOI: 10.1655/08-059.1 Reference page. 
• Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Straube, N. & Glaw, F. 2016. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16(1): 289–298. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0255-1 Reference page.