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Gekko badenii SZCZERBAK & NEKRASOVA, 1994

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Golden Gecko 
SynonymGekko badenii SZCZERBAK & NEKRASOVA 1994: 49
Gekko ulikovskii DAREVSKY & ORLOV 1994
Gekko ulikovskii — RÖSLER 2000: 82
Gekko badenii — RÖSLER 2000: 81
Gekko badenii — NGO & GAMBLE 2011
Gekko (Sundagekko) badenii — WOOD et al. 2019
Gekko (Lomatodactylus) badenii — WOOD et al. 2020 
DistributionS Vietnam (Tây Ninh Province, Kien Giang), Cambodia ?

Type locality: Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh Province and “Gilai-Con Tum Province” (now Kon Tum Province).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IEBR 1555 (also given as SR 3561) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSimilar species: Gekko badenii is closely related to G. petricolus.

Group: G. petricolus group (Meesook et al. 2021).

Distribution: not in Laos fide Luu et al. 2015.

Priority: The name G. badenii was published on April 15 while G. ulikovskii was published on May 15, 1994, hence the former has priority.

Type locality of G. ulikovskii: NW Gliai-Contum Province, C Vietnam. The type locality is near the borders of Laos and Cambodia and thus the species may occur there as well.

Trade: Although Gekko ulikovskii is a commonly traded species, there appear to be mostly males in the pet trade (at a ratio of 1:12 or smaller for females/males; HOFMANN 2006).

Karyotype: Chrostek et al. 2023.

Etymology: Gekko ulikovskii was named after Russian amateur herpetologist Dimitri Ulikovsky. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Allen, W., Moreno, N., Gamble, T. and Chiari, Y. 2020. Ecological, behavioral and phylogenetic influences on the evolution of dorsal color pattern in geckos. Evolution. doi:10.1111/evo.13915, published 2019 - 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
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp. - get paper here
  • Chrostek G, Domaradzka A, Yurchenko A, Kratochvíl L, Mazzoleni S, Rovatsos M 2023. Cytogenetic Analysis of Seven Species of Gekkonid and Phyllodactylid Geckos. Genes 14 (1): 178 - get paper here
  • Darevsky, I. S. & N. L. Orlov 1994. Eine bemerkenswerte neue, großwüchsige Art der Gattung Gekko: Gekko ulikovskii s. Salamandra 30 (1): 71-75 - get paper here
  • Grossmann, W. 1996. Beobachtungen an Gekko ulikovskii Darewski & Orlov, 1994. Sauria 18 (2): 31-34 - get paper here
  • Hofmann, T. 2006. Erfolgreiche Haltung und Vermehrung von Gekko ulikovskii DAREVSKY & ORLOV, 1994 im Terrarium. Sauria 28 (2): 15-24 - get paper here
  • Hofmann, Thomas 2009. Der Vietnam-Goldgecko. Vivaria Verlag, 64 pp.
  • Kreuzer, M. & Grossmann, W. 2003. Beobachtungen an Gekko ulikovskii DAREWSKI & ORLOW 1994 und Gekko grossmanni GÜNTHER 1994 im Terrarium. Sauria 25 (3): 3-11 - get paper here
  • KREUZER, M., W. GROSSMANN & T. HOFMANN 2013. Terrarienbeobachtungen an Gekko badenii (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria 35 (3): 41-47 - get paper here
  • Ngo, Hai; Quyen Hanh Do,Thanh Phuong Thi Bui,Cuong The Pham, Truong Quang Nguyen, Huy Quoc Nguyen, Laurenz Rafael Gewiss, Mona van Schingen-Khan, Thomas Ziegler 2025. Endemic Creature Under the Risk of Extinction: A Case Study on Gekko badenii in Vietnam. Integrative Conservation - get paper here
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  • Nguyen, Quang Truong; Andreas Schmitz & Wolfgang Böhme 2010. Gekko ulikovskii Darevsky & Orlov, 1994: a junior synonym of Gekko badenii Szczerbak & Nekrasova, 1994. Bonn Zool. Bull. 57 (1): 15-17 - get paper here
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  • Shcherbak, N N. [= Szczerbak] & Nekrasova O. D. 1994. A contribution to the knowledge of gekko lizards of southern Vietnam with description of a new species (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) [in Russian]. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1994 (1): 48-52.
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