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Hemidactylus homoeolepis BLANFORD, 1881

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Arabian Leaf-toed Gecko
G: Feinschuppiger Halbfingergecko 
SynonymHemidactylus (Liurus) homoeolepis BLANFORD 1881: 484
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — BOULENGER 1885: 117
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 117
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — WERMUTH 1965: 77
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — KLUGE 1993
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — RÖSLER 2000: 86
Hemidactylus homoeolepis — RAZZETTI et al. 2011 
DistributionYemen (Socotra Island, Samha, Darsa)

Type locality: Socotra Island  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.9.6.99, 81.7.22.6-7, 1946.9.7.1 
DiagnosisDiagnosis A small member of the H. homeolepis group with a maximum recorded SVL of 42 mm. Undepressed head; scaling fine without tubercles with the exception of specimen BMNH 1953.1.6.9 from Shaqara, Southwest Yemen, which presents large tubercles on the hind back, tail base and hind limbs. Lamellae under the 1st toe of pes mean 4.7 (4–5); lamellae under the 4th toe mean 8.4 (7–10); preanal pores mean 5.5 (3–6); expanded subcaudal scales beginning some way from tail base; dorsal pattern spotted. For differences from the three new species described herein formerly part of H. homoeolepis (clades E–G in Fig. 5 and Appendix III).


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CommentDistribution: Not in Oman (Carranza et al. 2018). Not listed for Somalia by LANZA 1990, nor by RÖSLER & WRANIK (2004). Reported from Somalia [“Somaliland” fide BOETTGER 1893], but these records are now H. minutus.

MorphoBank M95683–M95823 M100000–M100038 M102031–M102145

Behavior: strictly nocturnal. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek homoios (ὅμοιος), like, resembling + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. ["…squamis subaequalibus undique indutus…"] 
References
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  • Arnold, E. N. 1977. Little-known geckoes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Arabia with descriptions of two new species from the Sultanate of Oman. The Scientific Results of the Oman Flora and Fauna Survey, 1975. Journal of Oman Studies, Special Report, (1):81—110 [1975]
  • Blanford, W. T. 1881. Notes on the lizards collected in Socotra by Professor l. Bayley Balfour. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 464-469. - get paper here
  • Boettger,O. 1893. Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 16 (416): 113-119 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
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