Gekko smithii

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Smith's Green-eyed Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species: smithii
Binomial name
Gekko smithii
Gray, 1842

Smith's Green-eyed Gecko or Large Forest Gecko Gekko smithii is a species of gecko found in Asia.

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[edit] Description

One of the biggest geckos (reaching 350 mm or more). It is named after Andrew Smith (1797-1872), Scottish zoologist and founder of the South African Museum.

Similar looking species include Gekko taylori and Gekko gecko. Also similar to Gekko verreauxii (from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and Gekko siamensis (from central Thailand).

[edit] 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)

[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.
  • 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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