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Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis
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This genus consist of nearly 80 species, most of which are distributed in Africa, the Mittle East and Southern Asia, but also distributed in America.

Hemidactylus Oken, 1817
(Type = Gecko tuberculosus)
Aliurus Dunn & Dunn, 1940
Boltalia Gray, 1842
Bunocnemis Günther, 1894
Doryura Gray, 1845
Emydactylus Bocourt, 1870
Eurhous Fitzinger, 1861
Hoplopodion Fitzinger, 1843
Leiurus Gray, 1845
Liurus Cope, 1862
Lophopholis Smith & Deraniyagala, 1934
Microdactylus Fitzinger, 1843
Nubilia Gray, 1845
Onychopus Fitzinger, 1843
Pnoepus Fitzinger, 1843
Tachybates Fitzinger, 1843
Velernesia Gray, 1845
Hemidactylus agrius Vanzolini, 1978

Distribution: Brazil.

Hemidactylus albopunctatus Loveridge, 1947
Teratolepis taylori Parker, 1942
Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Hemidactylus aporus Boulenger, 1906

Distribution: Congo.

Hemidactylus arnoldi Lanza, 1978

Distribution: Somalia.

Hemidactylus barodanus Boulenger, 1901

Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978

Distribution: Somalia.

Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893

Distribution: Angola.

Hemidactylus bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)

  • bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)
  • Emydactylus bouvieri Bocourt, 1870
    Hemidactylus cessacii Bocage, 1873
  • boavistensis Boulenger, 1906
  • Hemidactylus boavistensis Boulenger, 1906
    Hemidactylus chevalieri Angel, 1935
  • razoensis Gruber & Schleich, 1982
  • Distribution: Cape Verde Islands.

    Hemidactylus bowringii (Gray, 1845)
    Doryura bowringii Gray, 1845
    Hemidactylus coctaei Günther, 1872
    Lacerta chinensis Osbeck, 1765
    Lacerta sinensis Shaw, 1802
    Leiurus berdmorei Blyth, 1853
    Stellio chinensis Schneider, 1792
    Distribution: China, India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

    Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1844

  • brookii Gray, 1844
  • Hemidactylus affinis Steindachner, 1870
    Hemidactylus brooki guineensis Peters, 1868
    Hemidactylus brookii brookii Gray, 1844
    Hemidactylus brookii togoensis Werner, 1897
    Hemidactylus guineensis Peters, 1868
    Hemidactylus neotropicalis Shreve, 1936
  • angulatus Hallowell, 1852
    Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1852
  • parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953
     
  • subtriedroides Annandale, 1905
  • Distribution: Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands (angulatus), Central African Republic, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon (angulatus), Gambia, Ghana (angulatus, brookii), Haiti, India, Ivory Coast (angulatus), Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan (angulatus), Tanzania (angulatus), Thailand, Togo, Trinidad, Uganda (angulatus), Western Sahara (angulatus).

    Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912

    Distribution: Kenya and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus curlei Parker, 1942

    Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842
    Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart, 1852
    Nubilia argentii Gray, 1845
    Distribution: Sri Lanka.
    Hemidactylus dracaenacolus Rösler & Wranik, 1999

    Distribution: Socotra.

    Hemidactylus echinus O'Shaughnessy, 1875

    Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.

    Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842

  • fasciatus Gray, 1842
  • Ailurus ornatus (Gray, 1845)
    Hemidactylus formosus Hallowell, 1856
    Leiurus ornatus Gray, 1845
    Liurus ornatus (Gray, 1845)
  • ituriensis Schmidt, 1919

    Hemidactylus ituriensis Schmidt, 1919

  • Distribution: Ivory Coast (fasciatus), Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Fernando Po, Gabon and Liberia.

     
    Hemidactylus fasciatus - juvenile
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    Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1840
    Boltalia sublevis Gray, 1842
    Hemidactylus bengaliensis Anderson, 1871
    Hemidactylus coctaei Duméril & Bibron, 1836
    Hemidactylus sericeus Fitzinger, 1826
    Hemidactylus zolii Scortecci, 1929
    Hoplopodion coctaei (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
    Hoplopodion rueppellii Fitzinger, 1843
    Distribution: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia and Sudan.
    Hemidactylus forbesii Boulenger, 1899

    Distribution: Abd-El-Kuri Island, Socotra.

    Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
    Gecko caracal Tytler, 1865
    Gecko chaus Tytler, 1865
    Hemidactylus auritus Poeppig, 1977
    Hemidactylus bojeri Fitzinger, 1843
    Hemidactylus fragilis Calabresi, 1915
    Hemidactylus hexaspis Cope, 1868
    Hemidactylus inornatus Hallowell, 1861
    Hemidactylus javanicus Fitzinger, 1843
    Hemidactylus longiceps Cope, 1869
    Hemidactylus nigriventris Lidth de Jeude, 1905
    Hemidactylus okinawensis Okada, 1936
    Hemidactylus papuensis Macleay, 1877
    Hemidactylus pumilus Hallowell, 1861
    Hemidactylus punctatus Jerdon, 1853
    Hemidactylus tristis Sauvage, 1879
    Hemidactylus vandermeermohri Brongersma, 1928
    Hemidactylus vittatus Gray, 1845
    Peripia papuensis Macleay, 1878
    Distribution: Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, China, Comoro Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Isle of Pines, Japan, Lanyu Island, Loyality Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mariana Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam and Western Samoa.
    Hemidactylus funaiolii Lanza, 1978

    Distribution: Kenya.

    Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
    Doryura gaudama Theobald, 1868
    Doryura vulpecula Girard, 1857
    Hemidactylus blanfordii Boulenger, 1885
    Hemidactylus mandellianus Stoliczka, 1871
    Hemidactylus mortonii Theobald, 1868
    Hemidactylus peruvianus Wiegmann, 1835
    Distribution: Bhutan, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Loyality Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, USA and Western Samoa.
    Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus giganteus
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    Hemidactylus gracilis Blanford, 1870
    Hemidactylus platyceps Annandale, 1912
    Distribution: India.
    Hemidactylus granchii Lanza, 1978

    Distribution: Somalia.

    Hemidactylus granti Boulenger, 1899

    Distribution: Socotra and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus greefii Bocage, 1886

    Distribution: Sâo Tome.

    Hemidactylus haitianus Meerwarth, 1901
    Hemidactylus brookii haitianus Meerwarth, 1901
    Distribution: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
    Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881

    Distribution: Socotra and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus intestinalis Werner, 1897
    Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901
    Distribution: Cameroon, Liberia and Nigeria.
    Hemidactylus isolepis Boulenger, 1895

    Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus jubensis Boulenger, 1895

    Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Bauer & Pauwels, 2002

    Distribution: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

    Hemidactylus karenorum (Theobald, 1868)
    Doryura karenorum Theobald, 1868
    Distribution: India and Myanmar.
    Hemidactylus klauberi Scortecci, 1948

    Distribution: Somalia.

    Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901

    Distribution: Somalia.

    Hemidactylus laticaudatus Andersson, 1910
  • laticaudatus Andersson, 1910

  • fossatii Scortecci, 1928
    Hemidactylus fossatii Scortecci, 1928
  • Distribution: Eritrea and Ethiopia.
    Hemidactylus leightoni Boulenger, 1911
    Hemidactylus brookii leightoni Boulenger, 1911
    Distribution: Colombia and Venezuela.
    Hemidactylus lemurinus Arnold, 1980

    Distribution: Oman.

    Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836

    Distribution: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

    Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873
    Hemidactylus bocagii Boulenger, 1885
    Hemidactylus hecqui Boulenger, 1901
    Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
    Hemidactylus mabouia - French Guiana
    (© Jean-Pierre Vacher)
    Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
    Gecko aculeatus Spix, 1825
    Gecko cruciger Spix, 1825
    Gecko mabouia Moreau de Jonnès, 1818
    Gecko tuberculosus Daudin, 1802
    Gekko armatus Wied-Neuwied, 1824
    Gekko incanescens Wied-Neuwied, 1824
    Hemidactylus armatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
    Hemidactylus benguellensis Boettger, 1893
    Hemidactylus frenatus var. calabaricus Boettger, 1878
    Hemidactylus mabouia mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
    Hemidactylus mabuia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
    Hemidactylus tuberculosus (Daudin, 1802)
    Lophyrus cruciger Spix, 1825
    Distribution: Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Ascension Island, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Caicos Islands, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Conge, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Isla Vieques, Lesser Antilles, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nevis, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Redonda, Saba, São Tome, St. Christopher, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Surinam, Tanzania, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, USA, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
    Hemidactylus macropholis Boulenger, 1896
    Hemidactylus turcicus macropholis Boulenger, 1896
    Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
    Hemidactylus maculatus
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    Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • maculatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836

  • hunae Deraniyagala, 1937
  • Distribution: India and Sri Lanka.

    Hemidactylus mahendrai Shukla, 1983

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus marmoratus Hallowell, 1861

    Distribution: Japan.

    Hemidactylus matschiei (Tornier, 1901)

    Distribution: Nigeria and Togo.

    Hemidactylus megalops Parker, 1932

    Distribution: Somalia.

    Hemidactylus mercatorius Gray, 1842

    Distribution: Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

    Hemidactylus modestus (Günther, 1894)
    Bunocnemis modestus Günther, 1894
    Distribution: Kenya.
    Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870

    Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria.

    Hemidactylus newtoni Ferreira, 1897

    Distribution: Gabon.

    Hemidactylus ophiolepis Boulenger, 1903

    Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus ophiolepoides Lanza, 1978

    Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1899

    Distribution: Socotra.

     
    Hemidactylus palaichthus
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    Hemidactylus palaichthus Kluge, 1969

    Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, St. Lucia, Surinam, Tobago, Trinidad and Venezuela.

    Hemidactylus persicus Anderson, 1872
    Hemidactylus bornmuelleri Werner, 1895
    Distribution: Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
    Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters, 1854

    Distribution: Comoro Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

    Hemidactylus porbandarensis Sharma, 1981

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus prashadi Smith, 1935

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus puccionii Calabresi, 1927

    Distribution: Somalia and Tanzania.

    Hemidactylus pumilio Boulenger, 1899

    Distribution: Socotra.

    Hemidactylus reticulatus Beddome, 1870

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus richardsonii (Gray, 1845)
    Velernesia richardsoni Gray, 1845
    Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon.
    Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896

    Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)

    Distribution: India and Sri Lanka.

    Hemidactylus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885
    Hemidactylus shugraensis Haas & Battersby, 1959
    Hemidactylus turcicus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885
    Hemidactylus turcicus var. sinaitus Boulenger, 1885
    Distribution: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
    Hemidactylus smithi Boulenger, 1895

    Distribution: Eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus somalicus Parker, 1932

    Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.

     
    Hemidactylus squamulatus
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    Hemidactylus squamulatus Tornier, 1896
  • squamulatus Tornier, 1896

  • barbouri Loveridge, 1942
    Hemidactylus tropidolepis barbouri Loveridge, 1942
  • floweri Werner, 1908
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (barbouri, floweri) and Tanzania (barbouri, floweri).

    Hemidactylus stejnegeri Ota & Hikida, 1989

    Distribution: China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam.

    Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon, 1854

    Distribution: India.

    Hemidactylus tanganicus Loveridge, 1929

    Distribution: Tanzania.

     
    Hemidactylus tanganicus - female
    (© Jon Boone)
    Hemidactylus tasmani Hewitt, 1932
    Hemidactylus mabouia tasmani Hewitt, 1932
    Distribution: Zimbabwe.
    Hemidactylus taylori Parker, 1932

    Distribution: Somalia.

     
    Hemidactylus triedrus
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    Hemidactylus triedrus (Daudin, 1802)
  • triedrus (Daudin, 1802)
  • lankae Deraniyagala, 1953
  • Distribution: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

    Hemidactylus tropidolepis Mocquard, 1888

    Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

    Hemidactylus turcicus
    (© Jean-Pierre Vacher)
    Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gecko meridionalis Risso, 1826
    Gecko veruculatus Cuvier, 1829
    Gecus cyanodactylus Rafinesque, 1810
    Hemidactylus exsul Barbour & Cole, 1906
    Hemidactylus granosus Heyden, 1827
    Hemidactylus karachiensis Murray, 1884
    Hemidactylus robustus Heyden, 1827
    Hemidactylus turcica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Lacerta turcica Linnaeus, 1758
  • lavadeserticus Moravec & Böhme, 1997
  • parkeri Loveridge, 1936
    Hemidactylus parkeri Loveridge, 1936
  • spinalis Buchholz, 1954
  • Distribution: Cuba (turcicus), Croatia, Cyprus (turcicus), Egypt (turcicus), Greece (turcicus), Iran, Iraq (turcicus), Israel (turcicus), Italy, Jordan (turcicus), Malta (turcicus), Mexico (turcicus), Morocco (turcicus), Pakistan (turcicus), Panama (turcicus), Portugal (turcicus), Socotra, Somalia (turcicus), Tunisia (turcicus), Turkey (turcicus), USA (turcicus) and Yugoslavia (turcicus).

    Hemidactylus vietnamensis Darevsky, Kupriyanova & Roschin, 1984

    Distribution: Vietnam.

    Hemidactylus yerburyi Anderson, 1895
  • yerburyi Anderson, 1895
  • pauciporus Lanza, 1978
  • Distribution: Somalia (pauciporus) and Saudi-Arabia (yerburyi).

    Hemidactylus sp. - Oman
    (© Jon Boone)
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