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REPTILIA: SAURlA: GEKKONIDAE "k * HEMIDACTYLUS 



HEMIDACTYLUS Gray 



I8I7 Hem idact[ylus ] Oken, Isis von Oken, I8I7: II83. Type-species: Gecko tuberculosus Daudin. 

 I825 Hem idactylus Gray, Ann. Phil., New Ser., 10: 159* Type-species: Gecko tuberculosos Daudin. 



1842 Boltal ia Gray, Zoological Miscellany, 1842: 58. Type-species: Boltal ia sublevis Gray. 



1843 Hoplopod ion Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: IO3. Type-species: Hemidactylus Coctaei Dumeril and 



Bibron. 

 I843 M icrodactylus Fitzinger (preoccupied by M icrodactylus Geoffroy, I8O5), Systema Reptilium: 104. 



Type-species; Hem idactylus peruv ianus Wiegmann. 

 I843 Onychopus Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 104. Type-species: Hem idactylus Garnot i i Dumeril and 



8 ibron. 

 I843 Tachybates Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: lOJ. Type-species: Given as Hem idactylus Mabou ia 



Cuvier, which = Gecko mabou ia Moreau de Jonnes. 

 I843 Pnoepus Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 106. Type-species: Hem idactylus javan icus Cuvier. 

 I845 Doryura Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: I56. Type-species: Doryura Bowr i no i i Gray. 

 I845 Velernes ia Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: I56. Type-species: Velernes ia R ichardson i i Gray. 

 I845 Le iurus Gray (preoccupied by Le iurus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1829 and Le iurus Swainson, I839)» 



Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 157' Type-species: Le iurus ornatus Gray = Hem idactylus fase iatus 



fase iatus Gray. 

 1845 Nubil ia Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 273. Type-species: Nub il ia Argent i i Gray = Hem idactylus 



depressus Gray. 



1861 Eurhous Fitzinger, Sitz. Math. -Naturw iss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 42 (i860): 400. Type-species: 



Hem idactylus leschenault i i Duméril and Bibron. 



1862 1 iiiriis Cope (substitute name for Le iurus Gray, 19*5» preoccupied by L iurus Ehrenberg, I831), in 



Slack, Handbook Mus. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila.: 32. 

 I87O Emydactylus Bocourt, Bull. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, (2) 6: I7. Type-species: Emydactylus 



bouv ier i Bocourt. 

 I894 Bunocnem i s Günther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894: 85- Type-species: Bunocnemis modestus 



Günther. 

 193^ Lophophol i s Smith and Deran iyagala, Ceylon Jour. Sc i . (b) 18: 23O. Type-species: Teratolep is 



scabr iceps Annandale. 

 1940 Al iurus Dunn and Dunn (substitute name for L iurus Cope, 1862), Copela, 1940: 71' 



Distribution: Africa, south Asia, Oceania, southern United States to Brazil and to Pacific coast 

 of Peru. 



Content: About seventy species, of which all but five are extral im i tal. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Scalation of body composed of granules inter- 1. Cuerpo cubierto por granulos y tubérculos; 



spersed with tubercles; toes strongly dedos fuertemente dilatados 2 



dilated 2 Cuerpo cubierto por granulos iguales; dedos 



Scalation of body composed of uniform granules; ligeramente dilatados peruv ianus 



toes weakly dilated peruv ianus 



2. Tubercles on body reduced, separated by 2. Tubérculos separados; ligeramente deprimidos; 



granules; fewer than I5 transverse rows of hilera transversal formada por menos de I5 



tubercles 3 tubérculos 3 



Tubercles on body raised, pointed and touching Tubérculos aproximados, grandes, quillados; 



or closely approximated; more than I5 trans- I'nea transversal de tubérculos dorsales mayor 



verse rows of tubercles 4 que 15 '^ 



3. Sides of head without tubercles; transverse row 3- Lados de la cabeza sin tubérculos; fila trans- 



of tubercles on middle of body with fewer than versal de tubérculos con menos de ocho 



e i ght tubercles f renatus tubérculos frenatus 



Sides of head with tubercles; transverse row of Lados de la cabeza con tubérculos; fila trans- 



tubercles on middle of body with more than versal de tubérculos con más de ocho tubér- 



e ight tubercles mabou ia culos mabou ia 



4. Eight to ten tubercles on base of tail; each 4. Ocho a diez tubérculos sobre la base de la 



dorsal tubercle encircled by ten smaller cola; cada tubérculo dorsal rodeado de diez 



granules brook i i granulos brook i i 



Six tubercles on base of tail; each dorsal Seis tubérculos sobre la base de la cola; 

 tubercle encircled by 15-20 smaller granules-- cada tubé'rculo dorsal rodeado por 15-20 

 ture icus granulos ture icus 



