Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko

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

Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii is a species of gecko. Distribution: S India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman Type locality: Ceylon

Its scientific name commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.

[edit] References

  • Blanford,W.T. 1870 Notes on some Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 335-376
  • Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. 1836 Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1845 Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp.
  • Scheuerer, Hans 1985 Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1836) ein g Gecko aus Sri Lanka. Sauria 7 (3): 29-30

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