Hemidactylus somalicus PARKER, 1932

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Somali Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Hemidactylus somalicus PARKER 1932: 344 Hemidactylus somalicus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 120 Hemidactylus somalicus — WERMUTH 1965: 84 Hemidactylus somalicus — KLUGE 1993 Hemidactylus somalicus — RÖSLER 2000: 87 Hemidactylus somalicus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 313
Distribution	N Somalia, Ethiopia Type locality: Sol Haud, British Somaliland; 10°N 49°E, 3000 feet elevation, Somalia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1931.7.20.143, male; paratypes: BMNH
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (33 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after its distribution in Somalia.
References	Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - 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 Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here Parker,H.W. 1932. Two collections af amphibians and reptiles from British Somaliland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1932: 335-367 Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54 Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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