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Hemidactylus guineensis PETERS, 1869

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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 
DistributionMauritania, Senegal,Togo, Cape Verde, Tanzania, Gambia, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS) (Dagana + Goree Dondo/Cuanza River Atakpame), Western Sahara

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). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet was originally created as a patronym in honour of Sir James Brooke (1803–1868), an acknowledged contributor of specimens to BMNH (Gray 1845). Known as the “Rajah of Sarawak”, formerly Governor of Sarawak from 1841, and Governor of Labuan and Consul-General to the Sultan of Brunei from 1846 (Schleich & Kästle 2002). 
References
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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