Hemidactylus vietnamensis DAREVSKY, KUPRIYANOVA & ROSHCHIN, 1984
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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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.
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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. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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
- 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
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