Hemidactylus maculatus

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iSpotted Leaf-toed Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Hemidactylus Species: H. maculatus
Binomial name
Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836

Spotted Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus maculatus is a species of gecko. Distribution: southern India and Sri Lanka. Race hunae: India (Malabar, Tinnevelly, Salem, near Madras), Sri Lanka. Type locality: restricted to Bombay by Smith 1935.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• http://www.uroplatus.com/photopage/images/Hemidactylus%20maculatus%2002.jpg
• http://www.uroplatus.com/photopage/images/Hemidactylus%20maculatus%2003.jpg

[edit] References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Deraniyagala, P. E. P. 1937 A new gecko Hemidactylus maculatus hunae. Ceylon Journal of Science, 20:185-189.
• Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. 1836 Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
• Nalavade, Sanjeev B. 1997 An oversize rock gecko (Hemidactylus maculatus) from Igatpuri, Maharashtra Cobra 30: 19-20