Hemidactylus longicephalus

Taxonavigation

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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 longicephalus

Name

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Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873: 210

  • Syntypes: MB, collected by J.A. de Anchieta in 1891. [destroyed by fire in 1978]
  • Neotype: CAS 263575 (field number MCZ A-36523), adult ♂, collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, Philip Pastor and John Cavagnaro on 13 June 2016. [designated by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 38)]
  • Type locality: “l'intérieur de Mossamedes (Capangombe) et de Catumbella, prés de Benguella”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Kawa Camp, Kissama National Park (-9.18303°, 13.37063°, 136 m), Luanda Province, Republic of Angola” by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 38).

Synonyms

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  • Hemidactylus steindachneri Tornier, 1902: 668
    • Lectotype: ZMB 17714, ♀. [designated by Loveridge (1947: 189)]
    • Type locality: “Kamerun (Bipindi)” and Victoria (Kamerun)”, restricted to “Bipindi” by Loveridge (1947: 189).
    • Paralectotype: ZMB 17690, ♀.

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Vernacular names

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English: Longhead House Gecko