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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Indo-Pacific Gecko, Garnot’s House Gecko, Fox gecko, Assam greyish brown gecko
G: Jungfern-Halbfingergecko, Indo-Pazifik Gecko
Chinese: 锯尾蜥虎 
SynonymHemidactylus Garnotii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 368
Hemidactylus peruvianus WIEGMANN 1834: 240
Hemidactylus peruvianus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 369
Hoplopodion (Microdactylus) peruvianum — FITZINGER 1843
Hoplopodion (Onychopus) Garnotii — FITZINGER 1843
Doryura Garnotii — DUMÉRIL 1845 (in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL)
Doryura vulpecula GIRARD 1857
Hemidactylus Ludekingii — BLEEKER 1858: 27
Doryura gaudama THEOBALD 1868: 30
Hemidactylus Mortoni THEOBALD 1868: 32
Hemidactylus (Doryura) Mandelianus STOLICZKA 1871: 193
Nycteridium Gaudama — THEOBALD 1876
Hemidactylus blanfordii BOULENGER 1885: 141
Hemidactylus peruvianus — BOULENGER 1885: 141
Hemidactylus garnotii — BOULENGER 1885: 141
Hemidactylus mortoni — BOULENGER 1885: 113
Lepidodactylus garnotii — HENSHAW 1902
Hemidactylus garnoti — DE ROOIJ 1915: 33
Hemidactylus garnotii — TAYLOR 1922
Hemidactylus guadama (sic) TAYLOR 1934
Hemidactylus garnetii (sic) TANNER 1952
Hemidactylus peruvianus — WERMUTH 1965: 82
Hemidactylus garnotti (sic) SCOTT et al. 1977
Hemidactylus garnotii — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 86
Hemidactylus garnotii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 237
Hemidactylus garnotii — COX et al. 1998: 84
Hemidactylus garnotii — GRISMER 2011
Hemidactylus garnotti — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 (in error)
Hemidactylus granotii — SHRESTHA 2023 (in error) 
DistributionAsia: NE India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, Nicobar islands), Bangladesh, Extreme E Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Malysian Peninsula, S China (Hong Kong, Guangdong, Hainan, S Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian), Taiwan, Philippines (incl. Mindoro, Luzon), Indonesia (Sumatra, Nias, Borneo, Java, Halmahera, Komodo), Malaysia (Sabah), New Guinea (Papua),
New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Polynesia, Fiji, Western Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands (Roratonga), Tonga

Introduced into USA (Hawaii, Florida), the Bahamas; Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, and New Zealand

Type locality: "l'Ile de Taiti [=Tahiti, French Polynesia]"  
Reproductionoviparous. Parthenogenetic species (Kluge & Eckard 1969; Henkel & Schmidt, 1991). 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 2318 and MNHN-RA 2318A
Syntype: USNM 11288 (possible syntype) [Doryura vulpecula] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (partial): Vásquez-Restrepo 2018 provide illustrated comparisons between the Colombian Hemidactylus, H. frenatus, H. garnotii, and H. angulatus.


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CommentDistribution: Apparently absent from most of Melanesia and Micronesia.
Occurrence in Brazil and Peru is probably due to specimens with incorrect locality data. H. garnotii was probably present in Hawaii before the arrival of Europeans (fide McKeown 1996). Reports from the Mariana Islands probably represent H. frenatus (G. Rodda, pers. comm.).

Synonymy: "Hemidactylus peruvianus Wiegmann is a senior subjective synonym of H. garnotii. We agree with Kluge & Eckardt (1969) that use of this name would threaten stability. Although perhaps not technically a nomen oblitum, we believe that the name should be supressed whenever it is considered a synonym of H. garnotii. At least some Philippine populations formerly attributed to this species are in fact referable to H. stejnegeri (Ota & Hikida 1989b). All references to H. garnotii in the Philippines should be regarded as provisional pending further investigation of this issue." (from Bauer 1994) 
EtymologyNamed after Prosper Garnot (1794-1838), French naval surgeon, naturalist, and collector who worked with Lesson. They were both on board La Coquille during its circumnavigation (1822-1825). 
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