| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Micronesian Speckle-Bellied Gecko, Micronesia Saw-Tailed Gecko, Dumeril's Tropical Gecko |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus ateles DUMÉRIL 1856
Hemidactylus ateles var. articulatus FISCHER 1882
Hemidactylus ateles var. depressus FISCHER 1882: 300
Perochirus ateles — BOULENGER 1885: 154
Perochirus depressus — BOULENGER 1885: 155
Perochirus articulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 156
Hemidactylus ateles var. depressa — MÜLLER 1885
Perochirus ateles — TAYLOR 1922: 65
Perochirus articulatus — BURT & BURT 1932
Perochirus ateles — WERMUTH 1965: 125
Perochirus klugei — WERMUTH 1965 (nom. nov. pro H. a. depressus)
Perochirus ateles — BROWN 1976
Perochirus articulatus — SABATH 1981
Perochirus ateles — KLUGE 1993
Perochirus ateles — RÖSLER 1995: 141
Perochirus ateles — KAISER et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Micronesia, Mariana Islands, Uman District Islands etc.
Ruk Island (= Fenfan Island, Truk Group, Caroline Islands),
Guam [P. articulatus], Marcus, Cocos,Truk, Kapingamar,
Japan (Bonin Islands), Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) (Hileman et al. 2020)
articulatus: Type locality: “Ponape” [= Pohnpei, Caroline Islands]
depressus: Fenfan Island, Truk Group, Micronesia; Type locality: Insul Ruk, Carolinen”.
Type locality: see comment
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Type: BMNH 1946.8.25.38 (and possibly additional specimens). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Dorsum covered with granular scales, relatively uniform, without tubercles; several rows of enlarged scales in place of chin shields; digits, except for first (inner), strongly dilated and with several distal scansors divided at the mid-point; all digits, except much reduced first finger, with a claw; distal claw-bearing phalanges compressed and, except on inner toe, rising free from within dilated portion rather than from its tip; digits with basal to moderate webs (Fig. 1, Brown 1976). |
| Comment | Distribution: The populations on Guam may now be extinct as a result of predation by the introduced snake Boiga irregularis. Perochirus articulatus has been treated as valid species by Sabath (1981). The type locality (near Samboangan, Mindanao, Philippines) is “from a single Taylor record from Zamboanga” (collected by Duméril 1856?) which has not been confirmed for more than 150 years, (Welton et al. 2010), so the presence of this species in the Philippines is doubtful.
Type species: Hemidactylus ateles DUMÉRIL 1856 is the type species of the genus Perochirus BOULENGER 1885.
Key: Brown 1976 provides a key to the 3 species of Perochirus and a table of scale counts. |
| References |
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