Hemidactylus mercatorius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. mercatorius
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus mercatorius
Gray, 1842
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Hemidactylus mercatorius is a species of gecko. [2] There has been confusion between it and Hemidactylus mabouia, making it difficult to establish the ranges of the species. [1] While the Reptile Database gives Hemidactylus mercatorius a wide distribution in eastern Africa, [2] the IUCN restricts its native distribution to Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean (the Comoros, Seychelles, Mayotte). [1]