Hemidactylus mabouia

Hemidactylus mabouia

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: Hemidactylus mabouia

Name

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-6573, adult ♂, collector and date unknown.
• Type locality: “Amerique, .... les contrées continentales qui avoisinent au midi l' Archipel des Antilles, ... êles du même archipel depuis la Trinité jusqu'à la Jamaique”, restricted to “Antilles” by Duméril & Bibron (1851), and to “St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles” by Stejneger (1904).

Combinations

• Gekko mabouia Moreau de Jonnès, 1818: 138 [original combination]
• Hemidactylus mabouia — Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 362 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gekko incanescens Wied-Neuwied, 1824: 662
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “Paulista [=Praia do Paulista]”.

• Gekko armatus Wied-Neuwied, 1824: 662
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “Paulista [=Praia do Paulista]”.

References

Primary references

• Moreau de Jonnès, A. 1818. Monographie du mabouia des murailles, ou Gecko Mabouia des Antilles. Bulletin des sciences 5: 138–139. BHL
• Wied-Neuwied, M. zu 1824. Verzeichniss der Amphibien, welche im zwerten Bande der Naturgeschichte Brasiliens vom Prinz Mac von Neuwied werden beschrieben werden. (Nach Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien). Isis von Oken 14(6): 661–674. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 mabouia. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 March 2020.
• Hemidactylus mabouia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Tropical House Gecko