Hemidactylus vietnamensis DAREVSKY, KUPRIYANOVA & ROSHCHIN, 1984

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Vietnam Leaf-toed Gecko, Vietnam House Gecko
Synonym	Hemidactylus vietnamensis DAREVSKY et al. 1984 Hemidactylus vietnamensis — KLUGE 1993 Hemidactylus vietnamensis — RÖSLER 2000: 88 Hemidactylus vietnamensis — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Distribution	Vietnam (N Hanamninh, Kuk-Fiong Reserve) Type locality: Kuk Fiong Reserve, Hanamninh Province (Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province), N Vietnam.
Reproduction	oviparous; Parthenogenetic species.
Types	Holotype: ZISP (ZIL) 19802, adult female
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: Sang et al. 2009 assume that this gecko occurs also in India, S China, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.
References	Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp. Darevsky I S; Kupriyanova L A; Roshchin V V 1984. A new all-female triploid species of gecko and karyological data on the bisexual Hemidactylus frenatus from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 18 (3): 277-284 - get paper here Dau V, Hoang T, Nguyen T, Pham A 2024. New records and an updated list of reptiles from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e134976 - get paper here Dau, V. Q., Hoang, T. N., Do, L. T., Le, P. D., Trinh, H. T., Nguyen, T. Q., & Van Pham, A. 2025. The herpetofauna of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 19(35), 79-98 Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Ota, Hidetoshi; Hikida, Tsutomu;Matsui, Masafumi;Chan-Ard, T.;Nabhitabhata, J. 1996. Discovery of a diploid population of the Hemidactylus garnotti-vietnamensis complex (Reptilia: Gekonidae). Genetica 97: 81-85 - get paper here Qota H. Lau M W. Bogadek A. 1995. Taxonomic status of the Hong Kong populations of the Hemidactylus garnotii-vietnamensis complex (Gekkonidae: Reptilia). ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES 34 (2): 126-130. Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Zug, G.R., Vindum, J.V. & Koo, M.S. 2007. Burmese Hemidactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae): taxonomic notes in tropical Asian Hemidactylus. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 58: 387–405
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/hemvie.pdf Google images

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