Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. flaviviridis
Binomial name
*Hemidactylus flaviviridis* Rüppell, 1835

Hemidactylus flaviviridis is a species of gecko. Its common name is Yellow-bellied House Gecko.

Distribution

Egypt (Ismailia, Sinai ); Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal; Pakistan, India, Socotra Island (Yemen); N Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea

Type locality: Insel Massaua, Abessinien.

References

Anderson, J. 1871 A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12-39.
Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57-59.
Mahendra, B. C. 1935 Sexual dimorphism in the Indian House-gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppel. Current Science Bangalore 4, 178-179.
Rüppell, E. 1835 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig, entdeckt und beschrieben. Amphibien. S. Schmerber, Frankfurt a. M.

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