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Hemidactylus platyurus (SCHNEIDER, 1797)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Flat-tailed House Gecko, Frilled House Gecko, Asian House Gecko
G: Gewöhnlicher Haftzeher, Thailändischer Hausgecko, Saumschwanz-Hausgecko
Chinese: 蝎尾蜥虎
Indonesian: Cicak rumah 
SynonymStellio platyurus SCHNEIDER 1797: 30
Lacerta Schneideriana SHAW 1802: 1278 (nom. subst.)
Lacerta tjitja LJUNGH 1804
Gekko platyurus — MERREM 1820
Hemidactylus platyurus — FITZINGER 1826
G[ecko] marginatus CUVIER 1829: 54
Hemidactylus Marginatus GRAY (in GRIFFITH & PIDGEON) 1831
Lomatodactylus (Hemidactylus) platyurus — VAN DER HOEVEN 1833
Gecko platycaudus SCHINZ (partim) 1834
Platyurus marginatus — OKEN 1836
Hemidactylus Marginatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 370
Gecko marginatus — DUVERNOY (in CUVIER) 1839
Hoplopodion (Cosymbotus) platyurus — FITZINGER 1843
Platyurus Schneiderianus — GRAY 1845
Hemidactylus marginatus — BLEEKER 1857
Crossurus platyurus — GIRARD 1858
Nycteridium schneideri — GÜNTHER 1864: 111 (invalid emendation)
Cosymbotus platyurus — STEINDACHNER 1867
Nycteridium platyurus — THEOBALD 1868
Nycteridium Schneideri — JERDON 1870
Nycteridium himalayanum ANDERSON 1871: 15
Nycteridium schneideri — FERGUSON 1877: 12
Nycteridium schneideri — MÜLLER 1880
Hemidactylus platyurus — BOULENGER 1885: 143
Hemidactylus nepalensis ANNANDALE 1907
Cosymbotus platyurus — STEJNEGER 1907: 178
Hemidactylus platyurus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 34
Cosymbotus platyurus — TAYLOR 1922
Platyurus platyurus — SMITH 1935
Cosymbotus platyurus — LOVERIDGE 1948
Gehyra platyurua — DERANIYAGALA 1953
Cosymbotus platyurus — WERMUTH 1965: 21
Platyurus platyurus — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1992
Cosymbotus platyurus — KLUGE 1993
Cosymbotus platyurus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 217
Cosymbotes [sic] platyurus — TEO & RAJATHURAI 1997
Cosymbotus platyurus — COX et al. 1998: 80
Cosymbotus platyurus — HALLERMANN et al. 2001
Hemidactylus platyurus — CARRANZA & ARNOLD 2006
Cosymbotus platyurus — TER BORG 2007
Cosymbotus platyurus — BOBROV & SEMENOV 2008
Hemidactylus cf. platyurus — MAHONY et al. 2009
Hemidactylus platyurus — GRISMER & QUAH 2019
Hemidactylus platyrus — MALSAWMDAWNGLIANA et al. 2022 (in error)
Hemidactylus platyurus — STUART et al. in WCS 2024 
DistributionN India (Assam, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Mizoram), Bangladesh, Nicobar Islands, E Nepal (middle elevations), Bhutan, China (Guangdong, SE Xizang = Tibet), Sri Lanka, Taiwan ?,
Thailand, Malaysia (incl. Pulau Tioman, Pulau Pangkor, Pulau Besar, Sabah, Tuba Island), Burma (= Myanmar), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon, Bohol, Cebu, Mindoro, Masbate, Mindanao, Camiguin Sur),
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Borneo, Komodo, Natuna islands), Peninsular Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Singapore, Timor-Leste

USA (introduced to Florida)
Introduced to California fide Hansen & Shedd 2024.

Type locality: unknown (fide MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unknown (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009); type lost (Amarasinghe et al. 2009) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately 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 2114 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: Reported from Taiwan by STEJNEGER (1907) but apparently not established there (OTA 1989). Not listed by Krysko & Daniels (2005).

Type species: Stellio platyurus SCHNEIDER 1797: 30 is the type species of the genus Cosymbotus FITZINGER 1843, now a synonym of Hemidactylus. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek platys = flat, and Greek oura = tail, so it means flat tail. 
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