Gekko rhacophorus

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: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Rhacogekko)
Species: Gekko rhacophorus

Name

Gekko rhacophorus (Boulenger, 1899)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.25.97, collected by Dr. Hanitsch in March 1899.
• Type locality: “Kadamaian River, Kina Balu, 2100 feet”.

Combinations

• Gecko rhacophorus Boulenger, 1899: 451 [original combination]
• Ptychozoon rhacophorus — Kluge, 1993 [subsequent combination]
• Gekko (Rhacogekko) rhacophorus — Wood et al., 2020: 8 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Description of three new reptiles and a new batrachian from Mt. Kina Balu, North Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4: 451–453. BHL
• Wood Jr., P.L., Guo, X.-G., Travers, S.L., Su, Y.-C., Olson, K.V., Bauer, A.M., Grismer, L.L., Siler, C.D., Moyle, R.G., Andersen, M.J. & Brown, R.M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106731 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kinabalu Parachute Gecko