You are here » home › advanced search › search results › Hemidactylus guineensis

Hemidactylus guineensis PETERS, 1869

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Hemidactylus guineensis?

Add your own observation of
Hemidactylus guineensis »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brook's House Gecko, Spotted House Gecko
G: Brooks Halbfingergecko, Hausgecko
S: Geco de Brook 
SynonymHemidactylus guineensis PETERS 1869: 640
Hemidactylus affinis STEINDACHNER 1870
Hemidactylus guineensis — BOCAGE 1873: 209
Hemidactylus guineensis — BOULENGER 1885: 131
Hemidactylus stellatus BOULENGER 1885: 130 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957)
Hemidactylus brooki var. togoensis WERNER 1897: 397
Hemidactylus brooki var. togoensis — WERNER 1902: 336
Hemidactylus brookii — SCHMIDT 1919: 446
Hemidactylus angulatus THYS VAN DER AUDENAERDE 1967
Hemidactylus trokii ELTER 1981 (nomen nudum)
Hemidactylus guineensis — TRAPE & MEDIANNIKOV 2025 
DistributionS Mauritania, Senegal, Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

Type locality: “Ada Foah (Guinea)” [= Adafoa, Ghana]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 5740A (designated by BAUER & GÜNTHER 1991) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: see Trape et al. 2025: 167 (Table 1) (from H. angulatus) 
CommentSynonymy: Previously confused with H. brooki and H. angulatus. See these entries.

Distribution: Loveridge 1947 and Wermuth 1965 erroneously suggested that Adafoa, Ghana = Adafer, Mauritania. African populations of the polyspecific Hemidactylus brooki complex are now considered as a valid species, H. angulatus and H. guineensis. See also H. brooki and H. angulatus. For a map in West Africa see Trape et al. 2025: 166 (Fig. 2). 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution in what was thought to be Guinea, now Ghana. 
References
  • Barnett, Linda K. 2001. The herpetofauna of Abuko Nature Reserve, the Gambia. Herpetological Bulletin (77): 5-1 - get paper here
  • BAUER,A.M.; S. TCHIBOZO, O.S.G. PAUWELS & G. LENGLET 2006. A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20 - get paper here
  • Behangana, M.; C. Aluziyo, D dendi, L. Luiselli, D. F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum 2019. HERPETOFAUNAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AT LAKE NABUGABO AND SURROUNDING RAMSAR AREA WETLANDS IN SOUTHERN UGANDA. Vie et milieu - life and environment 69 (2-3): 1-N - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocage, J.V.B. 1873. Melanges erpetologiques. II. Sur quelques reptiles et batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d‘Afrique occidentale. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 4: 209-227 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Carranza, S. and E.N. Arnold 2006. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2): 531-545 - get paper here
  • Drewes, R.C. 1972. Report on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Ilemi Triangle, Southwestern Sudan. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (100): 1-14 - get paper here
  • Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Geniez, M. & Pether, J. 2004. The amphibians and reptiles of the Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara) and adjacent regions. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 228 pp. [reviewed in Reptilia GB 44: 81]
  • 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. - get paper here
  • Lanza,B. & Vanni,S. 1976. On a small collection of reptiles from North Zaire. Monit. Zool. ital. (new ser.), suppl. 8: 129-160 - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109 - get paper here
  • Leache, A. D., Oaks, J. R., Ofori‐Boateng, C. and Fujita, M. K. 2020. Comparative phylogeography of West African amphibians and reptiles. Evolution - get paper here
  • Leaché, Adam D.; Mark-Oliver Rödel, Charles W. Linkem, Raul E. Diaz, Annika Hillers, and Matthew K. Fujita 2006. Biodiversity in a forest island: reptiles and amphibians of the Togo Hills, Kyabobo National Park, Ghana. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 4 (1): 22-45 - get paper here
  • Monard, ALBERT 1940. Résultats de la mission du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938. Arq. Mus. Bocage, Lisbon 11: 147-182
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1869. Über neue Säugethiere (Colobus, Rhinolophus, Vesperus) und neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Herpetodryas, Spilotes, Elaphis, Lamprophis, Erythrolamprus). Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1868 (December): 637-642 - get paper here
  • Raxworthy,C.J. & Attuquayefio,D.K. 2000. Herpetofaunal communities at Muni Lagoon in Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 501-510 - get paper here
  • Reichenow, A. 1874. Eine Sammlung Lurche und Kriechthiere von Westafrika. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1874 (1): 287-298 - get paper here
  • Schmidt, Karl Patterson 1919. Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the Collection of the American Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part I: turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chamaeleons. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 39 (2): 385-624 - get paper here
  • TRAPE, J. F., CHIRIO, L., CHIRIO, A., AMONA, I., & MEDIANNIKOV, O. 2025. A study of Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854 in West and Central Africa (Sauria, Gekkonidae), with resurrection of Hemidactylus guineensis Peters, 1868. Zootaxa 5620(1), 163-174 - get paper here
  • TRAPE, Jean-François & Oleg MEDIANNIKOV 2025. Trois Hemidactylus nouveaux du Nigeria et du Tchad (Sauria, Gekkonidae) Bull. Soc. Herp. France 186: 1-28 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1897. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Tunis aus dem Kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges., Wien 47: 395-407 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1902. Über westafrikanische Reptilien. Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 332-348 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator