Hemidactylus benguellensis

Taxonavigation

edit
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 benguellensis

Name

edit

Hemidactylus benguellensis Bocage, 1893: 115

  • Syntypes: MB, ♂ and ♀, collected by J.A. de Anchieta in 1891. [destroyed by fire in 1978]
  • Neotype: CAS 263540 (field number AMB 10304), adult ♂, collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana Bandeira and Ishan Agarwal on 21 November 2016. [designated by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 28)]
  • Type locality: “Cahata, dans l'intérieur de Benguella”, redesigned by neotype designation to “N’Dolondolo (-13.81328°, 13.13618°, 682 m), Namibe Province, Republic of Angola” by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 28).

References

edit

Primary references

edit

Vernacular names

edit
English: Benguela House Gecko