Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Hemidactylus flaviviridis is a species of gecko. It is known as the yellow-belly gecko or northern house gecko.

Hemidactylus flaviviridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. flaviviridis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus flaviviridis
Rüppell, 1835
Synonyms
  • Hemidactylus flaviridis
  • Hemidactylus flavoviridis
  • Hemidactylus sericeus
  • Hemidactylus coctaei
  • Boltalia sublevis
  • Boltalia sublaevis
  • Hoplopodion cocteaui
  • Hoplopodion rüppellii
  • Hemidactylus bengaliensis
  • Hemidactylus bengalensis
  • Hemidactylus zolii

Distribution

Its range includes Egypt (Ismailia, Sinai), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Socotra Island (Yemen), N Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. The type locality is Insel Massaua, Abessinien.

References
  • Anderson, J. 1871 A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12–39.
  • Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57–59.
  • Mahendra, B. C. 1935 Sexual dimorphism in the Indian House-gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppel. Current Science Bangalore 4, 178–179.
  • Rüppell, E. 1835 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig, entdeckt und beschrieben. Amphibien. S. Schmerber, Frankfurt a. M.


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