Genus of common geckos
Hemidactylus
Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus )
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Gekkonidae
Subfamily:
Gekkoninae
Genus:
Hemidactylus
Oken , 1817
[1]
Type species
Gecko tuberculosus
Diversity
190 species, see text
Synonyms
In alphabetical order:
Aliurus
E.R. Dunn & M.T. Dunn, 1940
Boltalia
Gray , 1842
Bunocnemis
Günther , 1894
Cosymbotus Fitzinger
Doryura Gray, 1845
Emydactylus Bocourt, 1870
Eurhous
Fitzinger , 1861
Hoplopodion Fitzinger, 1843
Leiurus Gray, 1845 (non
Ehrenberg , [1828]:
preoccupied )
Liurus Cope, 1862 (non Ehrenberg, 1831:
preoccupied )
Lophopholis
M.A. Smith &
Deraniyagala , 1934
Microdactylus Fitzinger, 1843 (non
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire , 1809:
preoccupied )
Nubilia Gray, 1845
Onychopus Fitzinger, 1843
Pnoepus Fitzinger, 1843
Tachybates Fitzinger, 1843
Velernesia Gray, 1845
[2]
Hemidactylus is a
genus of the common
gecko
family ,
Gekkonidae .
[3]
[4] It has 192
[5] described
species , newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the
tropical regions of the world, extending into the
subtropical parts of
Africa and
Europe . They excel in colonizing
oceanic islands by
rafting on
flotsam , and are for example found across most of
Polynesia . In some
archipelagoes ,
cryptic species complexes are found.
[2] Geckos like to live in and out of houses. They have been introduced to
Australia .[
citation needed ]
This species is closely related to the genus
Gehyra , which belongs to the same family in Gekkonidae.
The species are typically known as house geckos , due to their readiness to adapt to and coexist with humans, and can be easily encountered in human habitations.
Taxonomy
This genus was originally established by
Lorenz Oken in 1817 for the species at that time known as Hemidactylus tuberculosus , and now described as the
tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia ).
[2] The species name in turn comes from the Greek words ἡμι hemi "half" and δάκτυλος dáktylos "fingers" because its toes has split or "half"
lamella underneath them.
[6]
Evolution
The origin of the genus Hemidactylus is still unclear as the higher level phylogeny is not well resolved. Moreover, much of the diversity in this group still remains to be discovered.
Feces
A house gecko will usually confine its excretions to one area of a house. This is sometimes considered a nuisance by home owners, and may stain certain surfaces.
[7] The feces are approximately five (5) millimeters in length, two (2) millimeters wide, and dark brown (almost black) in color.
Description
Foot upperside (left) and underside of the
Oriental leaf-toed gecko (H. bowringii ).
The
dorsal
lepidosis is either uniform or heterogeneous. The pupil of the eye is vertical. Males have pre-anal or
femoral pores . Each finger or toe has a slender
distal clawed
joint , angularly bent and rising from within the extremity of the dilated portion.
[8]
The fingers and toes are free, or more or less webbed, and dilated; underneath they bear two[
citation needed ] rows of
lamellae in a pattern resembling a
paripinnate
compound leaf .
[8] This leads to their other and more ambiguous common name, "
leaf-toed geckos " , used mainly for species from
South Asia and its surroundings to prevent confusion with the many "leaf-toed"
Gekkota not in Hemidactylus .
Underside of a leaf-toed Gecko.
Some members of the genus, such as H. platyurus , are able to run
quadrupedally across water by a partially
surface tension -dependent mechanism distinct from the
bipedal gait of
basilisks .
[9]
Communication
Like many other gecko species, species in the genus Hemidactylus are able to communicate with distinct vocalizations. Depending on the species, their vocalizations range from quiet clicks to short squeaks and chirps. For example, the Asian
common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus ) is notable for its distinctive chirping.
Species
Juvenile
Mediterranean house gecko (H. turcicus )
Juvenile
Mediterranean house gecko (H. turcicus )
Adult
giant leaf-toed gecko (H. giganteus ) from
Dindigul (
Tamil Nadu ,
India )
Common lizard in
Chennai , India
Hemidactylus aaronbaueri
Giri , 2008 – Aaron Bauer's house gecko
Hemidactylus acanthopholis
Mirza &
Sanap , 2014
Hemidactylus achaemenidicus
Torki , 2019
Hemidactylus adensis
Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus aemulus
Kumar ,
A. Srinivasulu &
C. Srinivasulu , 2022
Hemidactylus afarensis Šmíd et al., 2020 – Afar gecko
Hemidactylus agrius
Vanzolini , 1978 – country leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus albituberculatus
J.-F. Trape , 2012
Hemidactylus albivertebralis J.-F. Trape &
Böhme , 2012
Hemidactylus albofasciatus
Grandison &
Soman , 1963 – white-striped viper gecko
Hemidactylus albopunctatus
Loveridge , 1947 – white-spotted gecko, white-spotted leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus alfarraji Šmid,
Shobrak ,
Wilms ,
Joger &
Carranza , 2016
Hemidactylus alkiyumii Carranza &
Arnold , 2012
Hemidactylus almakhwah Šmíd, Uvizl, Shobrak,
Busais , Salim, R. Algethami, A. Algethami, Alanazi, Alsubaie,
Rovatsos , Nováková,
Mazuch & Carranza, 2022
Hemidactylus angulatus
Hallowell , 1854
Hemidactylus ansorgii
Boulenger , 1901 – Nigerian leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus aporus Boulenger, 1906 – Annobon leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus aquilonius
McMahan &
Zug , 2007
Hemidactylus arnoldi
Lanza , 1978 – Arnold's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus asirensis Šmid, Shobrak, Wilms, Joger & Carranza, 2016
Hemidactylus awashensis Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus barbierii
Sindaco ,
Razzetti &
Ziliani , 2007
Hemidactylus barbouri Loveridge, 1942 – Barbour’s leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus barodanus Boulenger, 1901 – enigmatic gecko
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978 – Somali banded gecko, Bavazzano’s gecko
Hemidactylus bayonii
Bocage , 1893 – Barboza's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus benguellensis
Bocage , 1893 – Benguela house gecko
Hemidactylus beninensis
Bauer ,
Tchibozo ,
Pauwels &
Lenglet , 2006
Hemidactylus biokoensis
Wagner ,
Leaché &
Fujita , 2014 – Bioko leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus boavistensis Boulenger, 1906 – Boa Vista leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus bouvieri (
Bocourt , 1870) – Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko, Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus bowringii (
Gray , 1845) – Oriental leaf-toed gecko, Bowring's gecko, Sikkimese dark-spotted gecko, Asian smooth gecko
Hemidactylus brasilianus
Amaral , 1935 – Amaral's Brazilian gecko
Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 – Brooke's house gecko, spotted house gecko
Hemidactylus carivoensis
Lobón-Rovira ,
Conradie , Iglesias,
R. Ernst ,
L. Veríssimo ,
Baptista &
Pinto , 2021
Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis
Agarwal , Bauer, Giri &
Khandekar , 2019 – Chikhaldara brookiish gecko
Hemidactylus chipkali Mirza &
Raju , 2017 – Central Indian leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus cinganji Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, R. Ernst, L. Veríssimo, Baptista & Pinto, 2021
Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912 – speedy leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus craspedotus
Mocquard , 1890 – Mocquard's house gecko, frilled gecko, frilled house gecko
Hemidactylus curlei
Parker , 1942 – Parker's gecko, northern leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus dawudazraqi
Moravec ,
Kratochvíl ,
Amr ,
Jandzik ,
Šmíd &
Gvoždík , 2011
Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842 – Sri Lankan leaf-nosed gecko, Kandyan gecko
Hemidactylus dracaenacolus
Rösler &
Wranik , 1999
Hemidactylus easai
S. Das ,
Pal ,
Siddharth ,
Palot ,
Deepak &
Narayanan , 2022
Hemidactylus echinus
O'Shaughnessy , 1875 – hedgehog leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus endophis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus eniangii Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus farasani Šmíd, Uvizl, Shobrak, Busais, Salim, R. Algethami, A. Algethami, Alanazi, Alsubaie, Rovatsos, Nováková, Mazuch & Carranza, 2022 – Farasan gecko
Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 – banded leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus faustus Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, R. Ernst, L. Veríssimo, Baptista & Pinto, 2021
Hemidactylus festivus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus flavicauda
Lajmi , Giri,
Singh & Agarwal, 2020 – Mahabubnagar yellow-tailed brookiish gecko
Hemidactylus flaviviridis
Rüppell , 1835 – yellow-bellied gecko, northern house gecko
Hemidactylus forbesii Boulenger, 1899 – Socotra leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus foudaii
S. Baha El Din , 2003
Hemidactylus fragilis
Calabresi , 1915
Hemidactylus frenatus
Schlegel , 1836 – common house gecko, Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko
Hemidactylus funaiolii Lanza, 1978 – Archer's post gecko, Kenya leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron , 1836 – Indo-Pacific gecko, Garnot's house gecko, fox gecko, Assam greyish-brown gecko
Hemidactylus giganteus
Stoliczka , 1871 – giant leaf-toed gecko, giant southern tree gecko, giant gecko
Hemidactylus gleadowi
Murray , 1884 – Gleadow's house gecko
Hemidactylus gracilis
Blanford , 1870 – graceful leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus gramineus
Ceríaco , Bauer,
Kusamba , Agarwal &
Greenbaum , 2021
Hemidactylus granchii Lanza, 1978 – Granchi's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus graniticolus Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2011
[10]
Hemidactylus granosus
Heyden , 1827
Hemidactylus granti Boulenger, 1899 – Grant's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus greeffii Bocage, 1886 –
Greeff's gecko,
[11] Greeff's giant gecko
[12]
Hemidactylus gujaratensis Giri, Bauer,
Vyas &
S. Patil , 2009 – Gujarat gecko
Hemidactylus hajarensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus hegdei Pal & Mirza, 2022
Hemidactylus hemchandrai
Dandge &
Tiple , 2015
Hemidactylus homoeolepis
Blanford , 1881 – Arabian leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus hunae
Deraniyagala , 1937 – spotted giant gecko
Hemidactylus imbricatus Bauer et al., 2008 – carrot-tailed viper gecko
Hemidactylus inexpectatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus inintellectus Sindaco, Ziliani, Razzetti,
Pupin ,
Grieco , 2009 – Socotran rock gecko
Hemidactylus isolepis Boulenger, 1895 – scaly leaf-toed gecko, uniform-scaled gecko
Hemidactylus ituriensis
Schmidt , 1919 – Ituri leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus jubensis Boulenger, 1895 – Ethiopian gecko, Mrioen leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus jumailiae Busais & Joger, 2011
Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Bauer & Pauwels, 2002 – Kamdem Toham's gecko
Hemidactylus kangerensis Mirza,
Bhosale &
R. Patil , 2017
Hemidactylus karenorum (
Theobald , 1868) – Burmese spotted gecko, Burmese leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus kimbulae
Amarasinghe ,
Karunarathna ,
P. Campbell ,
Madawala &
de Silva , 2021
Hemidactylus klauberi
Scortecci , 1948
Hemidactylus kolliensis Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019 – Kolli rock gecko
Hemidactylus kundaensis
Chirio & J.-F. Trape, 2012
Hemidactylus kushmorensis Murray, 1884 – Kushmore house gecko
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901 – common leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus lamaensis
Ullenbruch ,
Grell & Böhme, 2010
Hemidactylus lankae Deraniyagala, 1953 – termite hill gecko, Sri Lankan leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus lanzai Šmíd et al., 2020
Hemidactylus laticaudatus
L.G. Andersson , 1910 – Andersson's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus lavadeserticus Moravec & Bohme, 1997 – Syrian house gecko
Hemidactylus lemurinus Arnold, 1980 – Dhofar leaf-toed gecko, Oman ghost leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus leschenaultii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873
Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Arnold,
Vasconcelos ,
Harris ,
Mateo & Carranza, 2008 (formerly in H. bouvieri )
Hemidactylus luqueorum Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus mabouia (
Moreau de Jonnès , 1818) – tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko, cosmopolitan house gecko
Hemidactylus macropholis Boulenger, 1896 – Boulenger’s gecko, large-scaled leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus maculatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – spotted leaf-toed gecko, giant spotted gecko
Hemidactylus mahonyi
Adhikari ,
Achyuthan , Kumar,
Khot ,
Shreeram &
Ganesh , 2022
Hemidactylus makolowodei Bauer,
LeBreton , Chirio,
Ineich &
Talla Kouete , 2006
Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi (
Constable , 1949) – Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko,
[11] Smith's bent-toed gecko
Hemidactylus mandebensis Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus masirahensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus matschiei (
Tornier , 1901) – Togo leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus megalops Parker, 1932 – Parker's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus mercatorius Gray, 1842
Hemidactylus mindiae S. Baha El Din, 2005 – Mount Sinai gecko
Hemidactylus minutus Vasconcelos & Carranza, 2014
Hemidactylus modestus (
Günther , 1894) – moderate leaf-toed gecko, Tana River gecko
Hemidactylus montanus Busais & Joger, 2011 – mountain leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus mrimaensis
Malonza & Bauer, 2014 – Kaya gecko
Hemidactylus muriceus
W. Peters , 1870 – Guinea leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus murrayi
Gleadow , 1887 – Murray's house gecko
Hemidactylus multisulcatus – Madurai rock gecko
Hemidactylus newtoni
Ferreira , 1897 – Newton's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus nicolauensis Vasconcelos,
G. Köhler ,
Geniez &
Crochet , 2020
Hemidactylus nzingae Ceríaco et al., 2020 – Queen Nzinga’s tropical gecko
Hemidactylus ophiolepis Boulenger, 1903 – snake-scaled leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus ophiolepoides Lanza, 1978 – Lanza's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1899 – sharp-nosed leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus paaragowli
Srikanthan ,
Swamy ,
Mohan & Pal, 2018 – Travancore rock gecko
Hemidactylus paivae Ceríaco et al., 2020 – Paiva’s gecko
Hemidactylus pakkamalaiensis Narayanan,
Christopher ,
Raman ,
Mukherjee ,
Prabhu ,
Lenin ,
Vimalraj & Deepak, 2023
Hemidactylus palaichthus
Kluge , 1969 – Antilles leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953 – spotted house gecko
Hemidactylus paucifasciatus
Mohapatra , Agarwal,
Mohalik ,
Dutta & Khandekar, 2023
Hemidactylus pauciporosus Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus paucituberculatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus persicus
J. Anderson , 1872 – Persian leaf-toed gecko, Persian gecko
Hemidactylus pfindaensis Lobón-Rovira, Conradie, Iglesias, R. Ernst, L. Veríssimo, Baptista & Pinto, 2021
Hemidactylus pieresii
Kelaart , 1852
Hemidactylus platycephalus W. Peters, 1854 – tree gecko, flat-headed leaf-toed gecko, baobab gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus (
Schneider , 1792) – flat-tailed house gecko, frilled house gecko, Asian house gecko
Hemidactylus porbandarensis
Sharma , 1981
Hemidactylus prashadi
M.A. Smith , 1935 – Bombay leaf-toed gecko, Prashad's gecko
Hemidactylus principensis
Miller ,
Sellas &
Drewes , 2012
Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus
Henle & Böhme, 2003
[13]
Hemidactylus pseudoromeshkanicus Torki, 2019
Hemidactylus puccionii Calabresi, 1927 – Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, Somali plain gecko
Hemidactylus pumilio Boulenger, 1899 – pygmy leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus quartziticolus Khandekar,
Thackeray ,
Mariappan ,
Gangalmale ,
Waghe ,
Pawar & Agarwal, 2023
Hemidactylus raya Kumar, A. Srinivasulu & C. Srinivasulu, 2022
Hemidactylus reticulatus
Beddome , 1870 – reticulated leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus richardsonii Gray, 1845 – Richardson's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2020 – Rishi Valley rock gecko
Hemidactylus robustus Heyden, 1827 – Heyden's gecko
Hemidactylus romeshkanicus Torki, 2011
Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896 – farm leaf-toed gecko, Ruspoli's gecko, turnip-tailed black and yellow gecko
Hemidactylus saba Busais & Joger, 2011
Hemidactylus sahgali Mirza,
Gowande , R. Patil,
Ambekar &
Patel , 2018 – Sahgal’s termite hill gecko
Hemidactylus sankariensis Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar, 2019 – Sankari brookiish gecko
Hemidactylus sassanidianus Torki, 2019
Hemidactylus sataraensis Giri & Bauer, 2008 – Satara gecko
Hemidactylus saxicolus Kumar, A. Srinivasulu & C. Srinivasulu, 2022
Hemidactylus scabriceps (
Annandale , 1906) – scaly gecko
Hemidactylus shihraensis Busais & Joger, 2011
Hemidactylus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885 – Red Sea gecko, Sinai leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis Khandekar, Thackeray, Pawar & Agarwal, 2020
Hemidactylus siva C. Srinivasulu, A. Srinivasulu & Kumar, 2018 – Hampi rock gecko
Hemidactylus smithi Boulenger, 1895 – Smith's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus somalicus Parker, 1932 – Northern Somali leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus squamulatus Tornier, 1896 – Tornier's leaf-toed gecko, Nyika gecko
Hemidactylus srikanthani Adhikari, Achyuthan, Kumar, Khot, Shreeram & Ganesh, 2022
Hemidactylus stejnegeri
Ota &
Hikida , 1989 – Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus subtriedrus
Jerdon , 1854 – Jerdon's gecko, Madras blotched gecko
Hemidactylus sushilduttai Giri, Bauer, Mohapatra, C. Srinivasulu & Agarwal, 2017 – Dutta Mahendragiri gecko
Hemidactylus tamhiniensis Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal, 2021 – Tamhini giant rock gecko, basalt giant rock gecko
Hemidactylus tanganicus Loveridge, 1929 – Tanzanian leaf-toed gecko, Tanzanian diamond gecko, Dutumi gecko
Hemidactylus tasmani
Hewitt , 1932 – Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus taylori Parker, 1932
Hemidactylus tenkatei
Lidth de Jeude , 1895
Hemidactylus thayene McMahan & Zug, 2007
Hemidactylus treutleri
Mahony , 2009 – Treutler's gecko
Hemidactylus triedrus (
Daudin , 1802) – termite hill gecko, Dakota's leaf-toed gecko, blotched house gecko
Hemidactylus tropidolepis Mocquard, 1888 – Mocquard's leaf-toed gecko, Ogaden gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
Linnaeus , 1758 – Mediterranean house gecko, Turkish gecko
Hemidactylus ulii Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvil, Gvozdik,
Nasher , Busais, Wilms, Shobrak & Carranza, 2013
Hemidactylus vanam
Chaitanya , Lajmi & Giri, 2018 – Megamalai rock gecko
Hemidactylus varadgirii Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar, 2019 – Giri’s brookiish gecko, Amboli brookiish gecko
Hemidactylus vernayi Ceríaco, Agarwal,
Marques & Bauer, 2020 – Vernay’s tropical gecko
Hemidactylus vietnamensis
Darevsky ,
Kupriyanova &
Roshchin , 1984 – Vietnam leaf-toed gecko, Vietnam house gecko
Hemidactylus vijayraghavani Mirza, 2018
Hemidactylus whitakeri Mirza, Gowande, R. Patil, Ambekar & Patel, 2018 – Whitaker’s termite hill gecko
Hemidactylus xericolus Lajmi, Giri, Singh & Agarwal, 2020 – Nalgonda yellow-tailed brookiish gecko
Hemidactylus yajurvedi
Murthy , Bauer, Lajmi, Agarwal & Giri, 2015 – Kanker rock gecko
Hemidactylus yerburyi J. Anderson, 1895 – Yerbury’s gecko, Yerburi’s leaf-toed gecko
Phylogeny
The following phylogeny is from Pyron, et al. (2013),
[14] and includes 47 Hemidactylus species. Hemidactylus is a
sister group of
Cyrtodactylus .
[14]
Similar genera
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