Gekko smithii
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Smith's Green-eyed Gecko or Large Forest Gecko Gekko smithii is a species of gecko. Similar species: G. taylori and G. gecko. Also similar to G. verreauxii (from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and G. siamensis (from C-Thailand).
One of the biggest geckos (reaching 350 mm or more). Named after Andrew Smith (1797-1872), Scottish zoologist and founder of the South African Museum. Distribution: S Thailand (Satun, Narathiwatk Pattani), Singapore, W Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Pulau Tioman), Myanmar (= Burma), India: Nicobar Islands, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Pulau Nias, Java)
Type locality: Prince of Wales' Island (= Pulau Pinang, West Malaysia)
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- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57-59.
- Grossmann, W. 2004 Gekko smithii Gray 1842. Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 627-634
- Rösler, H. 2001 Studien am Tokeh: 1. Gekko gecko azhari Mertens 1955 (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 33-46
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