Genus Hemidactylus Gray, 1825
- Hemidactylus Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy 2 10: 193-217 [199].
Type species:
Gecko tuberculosus Daudin, 1802 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1827. A synopsis of the genera of saurian reptiles, in which some new genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual examination. Philosophical Magazine London 2: 54-58 (= Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)). - Hemidact(ylus) Oken, L. 1817. Hemidactylus, Phyllurus. Isis von Oken, Jena 9 2(8): 1183 [1183] [nom. nud. without indication or included species; regarded as a valid name by most authors, as a latinized version of vernacular "Hemidactyles" of Cuvier, G. 1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation. Tome 2, contenant les Reptiles, les Poissons, les Mollusques et les Annelidès. Paris : Deterville xviii 432 pp. with type species 'Gecko touberculeux Daudin' (=Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)), see Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8: 1–469].
Secondary source:
Cuvier, G. 1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation. Tome 2, contenant les Reptiles, les Poissons, les Mollusques et les Annelidès. Paris : Deterville xviii 432 pp.; Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8: 1-469. - Pnoepus Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [19, 106].
Type species:
Hemidactylus javanicus Fitzinger, 1843 by original designation, see Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sherborn, C.D. 1927. Index Animalium 1801–1851. H–L. London : British Museum pp. 2885-3746.
- Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. II(D-L) 1025 pp.
- Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246
- Peters, J.A. & Donoso-Barros, R. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 2. Lizards and amphibians. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: 1-293
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [90]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Africa, Asia, Indo-malayan Archipelago, Pacific islands, American tropics.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
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