Hemidactylus afarensis

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 afarensis

Name

Hemidactylus afarensis Šmíd, Mazuch, Nováková, Modrý, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec, 2020: 34

• Holotype: NMP6V 75740, adult ♂, collected by T. Mazuch on 31 January 2015.
• Type locality: ”Ethiopia, Somali region, 17 km NE of Dire Dawa (9.699°N, 41.982°E; datum = WGS84 in all cases; 1040 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Šmíd, J., Mazuch, T., Nováková, L., Modrý, D., Malonza, P.K., Elmi, H.S.A., Carranza, S. & Moravec, J. 2020. Phylogeny and Systematic Revision of the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus from the Horn of Africa (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetological Monographs 33(1): 26–47. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00010.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Afar Gecko