Hemidactylus murrayi GLEADOW, 1887
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Hemidactylus murrayi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Murray’s House Gecko G: Murrays Halbfingergecko, Murrays Hausgecko |
| Synonym | Hemidacylus [sic] murrayi GLEADOW 1887 Hemidactylus murrayi — MAHONY 2011 (inc. sed.) Hemidactylus murrayi — LAJMI et al. 2016 Hemidactylus Tenkatei LIDTH DE JEUDE 1895: 121 Hemidactylus brookii subtriedroides ANNANDALE 1905 Hemidactylus brookii subtriedroides — RÖSLER & GLAW 2010 Hemidactylus tenkatei — RÖSLER & GLAW 2010 Hemidactylus tenkatei — MAHONY 2011 Hemidactylus tenkatei — O’SHEA et al. 2012 Hemidactylus cf. tenkatei — SANCHEZ et al. 2012 Hemidactylus tenkatei — RÖSLER 2016 |
| Distribution | W India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia (and Borneo) Type locality: Pimpri, Gujarat, India tenkatei (invalid): Indonesia (Pulau Roti); Timor-Leste, Guam; Type locality: Rotti subtriedroides (invalid): N Myanmar (Burma); Type locality: “Tsagain, Upper Burma” |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: lost or unknown (Mahony 2011, Mirza & Raju 2017); not in BMNH or ZSI; not mentioned in original description. Lectotype: RMNH 4353 (fide E. Dondorp, pers. comm., 28 Jan 2019)f Lectotype: BMNH [subtriedroides] [tenkatei] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Digits quite free; free distal joints of digits long; dorsal tubercles strongly keeled; not more than 8 lamellae under the inner toe and 11 under the median toe; 5(4—6) lamellae under the inner, and 8 (7—9) tinder the median toe. Tubercles in 16—20 (14—22) longitudinal series. Males with 6 — 8 femoral pores on each side. Color grey, with several dark bands across the back, the bands shaped somewhat like two crescents back to back, thus X- Markings frequently variable or indistinct. A dark streak from nostril to eye, with three others diverging behind the orbit, the upper one sometimes produced over the shoulder; under parts white; tail banded. Length — Head and body 65 mm. (2| in), tail 75 mm. (3 in). The above description is taken from 24 specimens, 8 males and 16 females.” (from Gleadow 1887). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2374 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: H. murrayi was previously synonymized with H. brooki but revalidated by Lajmi et al. 2016. The status remains unclear because the types are lost. The types of H. subtriedroides were misidentified as H. maculatus by ANDERSON 1879. Hemidactylus subtriedroides Annandale was considered a synonym of H. tenkatei Lidth de Jeude by Mahony (2011), but Kathriner et al. 2014 consider Hemidactylus (brookii) subtriedroides as distinct from H. tenkatei and suggest to retain the former as valid species. Lajmi et al. (2016) used morphological and molecular data and recommended to synonymize of H. tenkatei with the older nomen, H. murrayi. Distribution: see map in LAJMI et al. 2016. Similar species: H. brooki Distribution (tenkatei): The Pulau Roti, West Timor and “Australian” specimens of subtriedroides examined by Mahony 2011 are likely introductions rather than naturally occurring populations. NCBI taxonID: 1734383 [tenkatei] RDB speciesID: 14682 [tenkatei] Etymology (tenkatei): Named after Dr. H. ten Kate, the collector of the types. Etymology (subtriedroides): The specific epithet subtriedroides is derived from the species H. subtriedrus with the Greek suffix –oides, meaning “like” or “looks like”, from which it was considered in the original description to be most similar in appearance. |
| Etymology | Named after James A. Murray, a British Zoologist who was a Member of the Bombay Natural History Society and Anthropological Society of Bombay, a manager at the Victoria Natural History Institute and curator at the Kurrachee (now Karachi, Pakistan) Municipal Library and Museum. |
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