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Hemidactylus curlei PARKER, 1942

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Parker’s gecko, Northern Leaf-tood Gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus curlei PARKER 1942: 24
Hemidactylus curlei — WERMUTH 1965: 73
Hemidactylus curlei — KLUGE 1993
Hemidactylus curlei — RÖSLER 2000: 85
Hemidactylus curlei — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 294 
DistributionN Somalia, Ethiopia

Type locality: Borama District (43° 10’ E, 9° 55’ N, elevation: ca. 5000 feet), British Somaliland.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1937.12.5.295/1946.8.25.41 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2614 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyParker did not identify the Curle after whom he named the gecko. Beolens et al. 2011: 63 speculate that it was Colonel A. T. Curle (d. 1981) of the King's African Rifles, who served in British East Africa in the 1920S and 1930s. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109 - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
 
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