Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi

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 malcolmsmithi

Name

• Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949)

Holotype: MCZ-R-3252, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Carleton in 1872.

Type locality: “Beas River basin, Punjab, India”.

Combinations

• Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi Constable, 1949: 80 [original combination]
• Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi — Underwood, 1954: 475 [subsequent combination]
• Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi — Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2018: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Constable, J.D. 1949. Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 103(2): 59-160. BHL Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Giri, V.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. On the Status of Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949). Breviora 557(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ41.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2019.
• Khan, M.S. 2010. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178497A7558883. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178497A7558883.en

Vernacular names

English: Smith’s Bent-toed Gecko