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Hemidactylus biokoensis Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus boavistensis Boulenger 1906 (often included in H. bouvieri)
Hemidactylus bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)
Hemidactylus bowringii (Gray, 1845) – oriental leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus brasilianus Amaral, 1935
Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 – Brook's house gecko
Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912
Hemidactylus coalescens Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus craspedotus Mocquard, 1890
Hemidactylus curlei Parker, 1942
Hemidactylus dawudazraqi Moravec, Kratochvíl, Amr, Jandzik, Šmíd & Gvoždík, 2011
Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842
Hemidactylus dracaenacolus Rösler & Wranik, 1999
Hemidactylus echinus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
Hemidactylus endophis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus eniangii Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842
Hemidactylus festivus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835
Hemidactylus forbesii Boulenger, 1899
Hemidactylus foudaii Baha El Din, 2003
Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 – common house gecko, Pacific house gecko, Asian house gecko
Hemidactylus funaiolii Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus garnotii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – Indo-Pacific gecko, Garnot's house gecko
Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871– giant leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus gracilis Blanford, 1870 – graceful leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus granchii Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus graniticolus Agarwal, Giri & A.M. Bauer, 2011[5]
Hemidactylus granti Boulenger, 1899
Hemidactylus greeffii Bocage, 1886 – Greeff's gecko,[6]Greeff's giant gecko[7]
Hemidactylus haitianus Meerwarth, 1901
Hemidactylus hajarensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881
Hemidactylus hunae - spotted rock gecko
Hemidactylus inexpectatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus inintellectus Sindaco, Ziliani, Razzetti, Pupin, Grieco, 2009
Hemidactylus intestinalis F. Werner, 1897
Hemidactylus isolepis Boulenger, 1895
Hemidactylus jubensis Boulenger, 1895
Hemidactylus kamdemtohami A.M. Bauer & Pauwels, 2002
Hemidactylus karenorum (Theobald, 1868) – Burmese leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus klauberi Scortecci, 1948

GEKKO : 'Large Geckos'. Globally more than 50 species are described in this genus, of which more than 30 occur within Southeast Asia. Some reach a huge size, including the Large Forest Gecko and the Tokay - the latter may occur in human dwellings. They have robust bodies, large and sometimes huge eyes with vertical pupils. Some make loud calls which can be heard from a great distance. Example is Tokay gecko please click here ..

- HEMIDACTYLUS geckos : or 'House Geckos', are a large group of lizards with similar microscopic structure of the feet and toes. The group includes many species which have adapted to human dwellings, but many more which are true forest dwellers. Some species are able vocalise quite loudly. As of 2015, more than 130 species have been described, with many forms occurring in Southeast Asia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hemidactylus (the house geckos) is a genus of the family of common geckos, Gekkonidae. It has about 90 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending into the subtropical parts of Africa and Europe. They excel in colonizing oceanic islands by rafting on flotsam, and are for example found across most of Polynesia. In some archipelagoes, cryptic species complexes are found.[2] Geckos like to live in and out of houses. They are introduced to Australia.

They are typically known as house geckos, due to their readiness to adapt to and coexist with humans. This genus was originally established by Lorenz Oken in 1817 for the species at that time known as Hemidactylus tuberculosus, and now described as the tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia).[2]

Hemidactylus

Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus

Feces :

A house gecko will usually confine its excretions to one area of a house. This is sometimes considered a nuisance by home owners, and may stain certain surfaces.[3] The feces are approximately five (5) millimeters in length, two (2) millimeters wide, and dark brown (almost black) in color.

Description :

The dorsal lepidosis is either uniform or heterogeneous. The pupil of the eye is vertical. Males have pre-anal or femoral pores. Each finger or toe has a slender distal clawed joint, angularly bent and rising from within the extremity of the dilated portion.[4]

The fingers and toes are free, or more or less webbed, and dilated; underneath they bear two[citation needed] rows of lamellae in a pattern resembling a paripinnate compound leaf.[4]This leads to their other and more ambiguous common name, "leaf-toed geckos", used mainly for species from South Asia and its surroundings to prevent confusion with the many "leaf-toed" Gekkota not in Hemidactylus.

Species :

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Subphylum:Vertebrata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Gekkota

Family:Gekkonidae

Genus:Hemidactylus
Oken, 1817[1]

Type species :

Gecko tuberculosus

Diversity :

Around 90 species, and see text

Synonyms :

In alphabetical order:

Aliurus E.R. Dunn & M.T. Dunn, 1940
Boltalia Gray, 1842
Bunocnemis Günther, 1894
Doryura Gray, 1845
Emydactylus Bocourt, 1870
Eurhous Fitzinger, 1861
Hoplopodion Fitzinger, 1843
Leiurus Gray, 1845 (non Ehrenberg, [1828]: preoccupied)
Liurus Cope, 1862 (non Ehrenberg, 1831: preoccupied)
Lophopholis M.A. Smith & Deraniyagala, 1934
Microdactylus Fitzinger, 1843 (non É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809: preoccupied)
Nubilia Gray, 1845
Onychopus Fitzinger, 1843
Pnoepus Fitzinger, 1843
Tachybates Fitzinger, 1843
Velernesia Gray, 1845

Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Giri, 2008
Hemidactylus acanthopholis Mirza & Sanap, 2014
Hemidactylus adensis Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus agrius Vanzolini, 1978
Hemidactylus albituberculatus Trape, 2012
Hemidactylus albivertebralis Trape & Böhme, 2012
Hemidactylus albofasciatus Grandison & Soman, 1963
Hemidactylus albopunctatus Loveridge, 1947
Hemidactylus alkiyumii Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus anamallensis (Günther, 1875)
Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854
Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901
Hemidactylus aporus Boulenger, 1906
Hemidactylus aquilonius McMahan & Zug, 2007
Hemidactylus arnoldi Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus awashensis Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus barbierii Sindaco, Razzetti & Ziliani, 2007
Hemidactylus barodanus Boulenger, 1901
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893
Hemidactylus beninensis Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet, 2006

Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014
Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901
Hemidactylus lankae - termite hill gecko
Hemidactylus laticaudatus L.G. Andersson, 1910
Hemidactylus leightoni Boulenger, 1911 (often included in H. brooki[verification needed])
Hemidactylus lemurinus Arnold, 1980
Hemidactylus leschenaultii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873
Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Arnold, Vasconcelos, Harris, Mateo & Carranza, 2008 (formerly in H. bouvieri)
Hemidactylus luqueorum Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) – tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko, cosmopolitan house gecko
Hemidactylus macropholis Boulenger, 1896
Hemidactylus maculatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 – spotted leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus mahendrai Shukla, 1983
Hemidactylus mandebensis Šmíd et al., 2014
Hemidactylus marmoratus Hallowell, 1861
Hemidactylus masirahensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus matschiei (Tornier, 1901)
Hemidactylus megalops Parker, 1932
Hemidactylus mercatorius Gray, 1842
Hemidactylus modestus (Günther, 1894)
Hemidactylus muriceus Peters, 1870
Hemidactylus newtoni Ferreira, 1897
Hemidactylus ophiolepis Boulenger, 1903
Hemidactylus ophiolepoides Lanza, 1978
Hemidactylus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1899
Hemidactylus palaichthus Kluge, 1969
Hemidactylus parvimaculata
Hemidactylus paucituberculatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012
Hemidactylus persicus J. Anderson, 1872 – Persian leaf-toed gecko

Hemidactylus platycephalus W. Peters, 1854
Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider, 1792) – flat-tailed house gecko (sometimes in Cosymbotus)
Hemidactylus porbandarensis Sharma, 1981
Hemidactylus prashadi M.A. Smith, 1935 – Bombay leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Henle & Böhme, 2003[8]
Hemidactylus puccionii Calabresi, 1927
Hemidactylus pumilio Boulenger, 1899
Hemidactylus reticulatus Beddome, 1870 – reticulate leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus richardsonii Gray, 1845
Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896 – farm leaf-toed gecko, Prince Ruspoli's gecko, Ruspoli's gecko, turnip-tailed black and yellow gecko
Hemidactylus scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)
Hemidactylus sinaitus Boulenger, 1885
Hemidactylus smithi Boulenger, 1895
Hemidactylus somalicus Parker, 1932
Hemidactylus squamulatus Tornier, 1896
Hemidactylus stejnegeri Ota & Hikida, 1989
Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon, 1854
Hemidactylus tanganicus Loveridge, 1929
Hemidactylus tasmani Hewitt, 1932
Hemidactylus taylori Parker, 1932
Hemidactylus thayene McMahan & Zug, 2007
Hemidactylus triedrus (Daudin, 1802) – termite hill gecko
Hemidactylus tropidolepis Mocquard, 1888
Hemidactylus turcicus Linnaeus, 1758 – Mediterranean house gecko
Hemidactylus vietnamensis Darevsky, Kupriyanova & Roshchin, 1984
Hemidactylus yerburyi J. Anderson, 1895

Other websites :

- fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemidactylus_craspedotus

- www.inaturalist.org/taxa/33377-Hemidactylus-craspedotus

- https://books.google.ae/books?

Unidentified Hemidactylus adult from Dindigul (Tamil Nadu, India).

Juvenile Mediterranean house gecko (H. turcicus).

Juvenile common house gecko (H. frenatus).

Common lizard in Chennai, India.

Foot upperside (left) and underside of the Oriental leaf-toed gecko (H. bowringii).

For the external links , refrences click here to read the full wikipedia article

Other Websites :

- Very Good : www.gekkonids.com/

- www.arkive.org/turkish-gecko/hemidactylus-turcicus/

- animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hemidactylus/classification/

- www.iucnredlist.org/details/172976/0

- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hemidactylus&species=mabouia

Video :

Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) שממית בתים

Examples of HEMIDACTYLUS :

1- Frilly Gecko ( Hemidactylus craspedotus ) :

Frilly Gecko

Family : GEKKONIDAE
Species : Hemidactylus craspedotus
Size (snout to vent) : 6.5 cm
Size (total length) : 12 cm

The Frilly Gecko (or 'Frilly Forest Gecko') is a cryptic species which mainly inhabits tall, primary forest in lowland and hilly areas. In some areas it has adapted to disturbed, secondary forest and, reportedly, coconut plantations.
This species is very difficult to spot due to its nocturnal habits and excellent camouflage. It is most easily spotted resting by day in the trunks of tall trees.
The morphology of this gecko contributes to its ability to remain undetected : the flattened body, lateral skin flaps along the sides of the body and a flattened tail help to minimize shadows. These features also allow the gecko to undertake some rudimentary gliding as it moves from one tree trunk to the next.
Its colouration is highly variable, ranging from mottled grey to brown or reddish : the species is able to match its colour to blend with the substrate on which it lies concealed, and its rough, textured skin blends well with different types of tree bark.
When at rest, the most visible features of its patterning are the four broken, complex dark bands across the back and base of the tail, and the well-defined dark bands on the rest of the tail.
The underside of the body and tail are yellowish and orange-red respectively.
The Frilly Gecko occurs in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (including larger islands such as Langkawi, Penang and Tioman), Singapore and parts of Borneo.

A well-camouflaged Frilly Gecko rests in full sunlight high up on the trunk of a dying tree. The tree appears to be riddled with termites, as evidenced by the yellow termite trail at left. Seen at Gunung Pulai, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.

Tall, sunlit lowland forest at Gunung Pulai, haunt of the Frilly Gecko.

Videos :

2-Spiny-tailed Gecko ( Hemidactylus frenatus ) - The common house gecko

Common house gecko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) (not to be confused with the Mediterranean species Hemidactylus turcicus known as Mediterranean house gecko), is a native of Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Pacific house gecko, the Asian house gecko, house lizard, or Moon Lizard.[2] Most geckos are nocturnal, hiding during the day and foraging for insects at night. They can be seen climbing walls of houses and other buildings in search of insects attracted to porch lights, hence their name "house gecko". Spread around the world by ships, these geckos are now common in the Deep South of the United States, large parts of tropical and sub-tropical Australia, and many other countries in South and Central America, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. They grow to a length of between 75–150 mm (3–6 in), and live for about 5 years. These small geckos are non-venomous and harmless to humans. Medium to large geckos may bite if distressed, however their bite is gentle and will not pierce skin.

A tropical gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus thrives in warm, humid areas where it can crawl around on rotting wood in search of the insects it eats. The animal is very adaptable and may prey on insects and spiders, displacing other reptiles.

Like many geckos, this species can lose its tail when alarmed. Its call or chirp rather resembles the sound "gecko, gecko". However, this is an interpretation, and the sound may also be described as "tchak tchak tchak" (often sounded three times in sequence). In Asia/Southeast Asia, notably Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, geckos have local names onomatopoetically derived from the sounds they make: Hemidactylus frenatus is called "chee chak" or "chi chak" (pr- chee chuck), said quickly. Also commonly spelled as "cicak" in Malay dictionaries. In the Philippines they are called "butiki" in Tagalog, or "tiki" in Visayan, and in Thailand "jing-jok" (Thai: จิ้งจก[3]). In some parts of India and in Pakistan they are called "chhipkali" (Urdu:چہپکلی, Hindi: छिपकली), from chhipkana, to stick. In Nepal they are called "bhitti" (Nepali: भित्ती) or "mausuli" (Nepali: माउसुली). In other parts of India they are called "jhiti piti" (Oriya: ଝିଟିପିଟି), "paal" (Marathi: पाल), "gawli" or "palli" (Malayalam: ഗവ്ളി (gawli), പല്ലി (palli), Tamil: பல்லி (palli)), Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲಿ (halli). In West Bengal and Bangladesh they are called "tiktiki" (Bengali: টিকটিকি) as the sound is perceived as "tik tik tik". In Sri Lanka they are called "huna" in singular form (Sinhalese: හුනා). In Central America they are sometimes called "Limpia Casas" (Spanish: Housecleaners) because they reduce the amount of insects and other arthropods in homes.

Common house gecko

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Subphylum:Vertebrata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Sauria

Family:Gekkonidae

Genus:Hemidactylus

Species:H. frenatus

Binomial name :

Hemidactylus frenatus
Schlegel, 1836[1]

Distribution :

Worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions:

Australasia:

Australia (CKI, Northern Territory, coastal Queensland, coastal Northern New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Norfolk Island)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China (Hunan, Hainan, S Yunnan), Macau
Cook Islands
Fiji (introduced)
Hong Kong
India and Andaman Islands
Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, Ambon)
Iran
Iraq
Japan (Ryūkyū, Bonin Islands)
Malaysia
Maldives
Mariana Islands (Guam) and New Caledonia (introduced)
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Caroline Islands: Pohnpei), Melanesia, Solomon Islands
Nepal
New Caledonia
Nicobar Islands
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines (Palawan, Panay, Calamian Islands, Luzon etc.)
Polynesia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Western Samoa

Africa (all introduced):
- Somalia (Lanza 1990)
- South Africa
- Madagascar (including Nosy Bé and probably Nosy Mitsio), Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, Comoro Islands (Mayotte), Seychelles.
Americas:
- Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Yucatán, Baja California), Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States (North Carolina, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, Tennessee, California), Venezuela (Western, Central)

House geckos in captivity

House geckos can be kept as pets in a vivarium with a clean substrate, and typically require a heat source and a place to hide in order to regulate their body temperature, and a system of humidifiers and plants to provide them with moisture.

The species will cling to vertical or even inverted surfaces when at rest. In a terrarium they will mostly be at rest on the sides or on the top cover rather than placing themselves on plants, decorations or on the substrate, thus being rather inconspicuous.

House geckos are also used as a food source for some snakes.

Invasive species

In many countries, Hemidactylus frenatus is an introduced species that is considered a pest[4] and even a "serious threat species" to local wildlife.[5] While the impact of the Asian house gecko has not yet been closely studied, there is evidence that this "generalist predator"[6] can compete with native gecko species for resources and perhaps replace them, especially in urban areas.[5][7] Asian house geckos have transferred disease-carrying mites to native species.[8]

Superstition

Geckos are considered poisonous in many parts of the world. In Southeast Asia, geckos are believed to be carriers of good omen.[citation needed]

In Yemen and other Arab countries, it is believed that skin diseases result from geckos running over the face of someone who is asleep.

An elaborate system of predicting good and bad omens based on the sounds made by geckos, their movement and the rare instances when geckos fall from roofs has evolved over centuries in India.[9][10] In some parts of India, the sound made by geckos is considered a bad omen; while in Bangladesh and Nepal, it is considered to be an endorsement of the truthfulness of a statement made just before, because the sound "tik tik tik" coincides with "thik thik thik" (Bengali:ঠিক ঠিক ঠিক) (Nepali:ठिक ठिक ठिक), which in Bengali and Nepalimeans "right right right", i.e., a three-fold confirmation. The cry of a gecko from an east wall as one is about to embark on a journey is considered auspicious, but a cry from any other wall is supposed to be inauspicious. A gecko falling on someone's right shoulder is considered good omen, but a bad omen if it drops on the left shoulder. In Punjab, it is believed that contact with the urine of a gecko will cause leprosy.[11] In some places in India, it is believed that watching a lizard on the eve of Dhanteras is a good omen or a sign of prosperity.

Two wall sculptures of geckos on the wall of the Mandapam of the Siva temple inside Vellore Fort, Tamil Nadu, India (2012)

For the external links , refrences click here to read the full wikipedia article

Other websites :

- scholar.google.ae/scholar?

- www.grizzlyrun.com/Pets/Reptiles/Lizards/Geckos/House_Gecko_Care_Information/

- www.repticzone.com/caresheets/652.html

- Very Good : www.wikihow.com/Care-for-a-House-Gecko

- geckocare.net/house-gecko-care-sheet/

- Very Good : aqualandpetsplus.com/Lizard,%20House%20Gecko.htm

- www.scribd.com/document/253854846/Care-Sheet-Asiatic-House-Gecko-Hemidactylus-frenatus

- en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Animal_Care/House_Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus - Gecko Camouflage (Geckkonidae) Lagartixa

Hemidactylus frenatus (Two geckos togheter - dos "kekos" muy juntitos)

budget pour un hemidactylus frenatus !

Asian House Gecko licking its mouth after a meal

Common house gecko - Video Learning - WizScience.com

Hemidactylus frenatus (Asian House Gecko)

3- Garnot's House Gecko

courtesy to : www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/garnots-house-gecko.htm

Family : GEKKONIDAE
Species : Hemidactylus garnotii
Size (snout to vent) : males 6.6 cm, females 6.6 cm
Size (total length) : up to 13 cm

Garnot's House Gecko, or Indo-Pacific Gecko, is a small and highly successful gecko which occurs in a wide range of habitats. It has adapted to highly disturbed habitats and may be found living close to dwellings in rural areas.

This species has a broad geographic range : its expansion to isolated areas, including many remote islands in the Pacific Ocean, may in part be due the fact that this is an all-female, parthenogenetic species (i.e. a single individual may find its way to an isolated island and does not require a mate by which to start a new population).
Its body is short and somewhat plump, and the tail is narrow and flattened, with numerous, tiny spines along each side. The snout is pointed and the eyes are of moderate size.
It is pale to medium brown or grey in colour, typically with a series of poorly defined, dark, narrow stripes extending from the neck to the base of the tail. Pale blotches may be interspersed along these stripes. The tail bears vague banding, and on each side has a fringe of slightly elongated scales.
In Southeast Asia it occurs in Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and parts of Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java and isolated islands to the east). Its occurrence in Peninsular Malaysia appears to be 'rare, if present at all' (Grismer, 2011). In Singapore it is considered as 'indeterminate' (Baker & Lim, 2008).
To the west, on the Indian subcontinent, it occurs in parts of northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. To the north it occurs in parts of southern China, and to the east it occurs in parts of Papua New Guinea and other islands of the Pacific as far east as Hawaii.

Three specimens from Cat Ba Island, Vietnam. All 3 bear a series of dark stripes running from the head to the base of the tail, which bear equally spaced pale blotches. They were active at night on rocky outcrops in an area of coastal scrub : by day they retreated deep into fissures.

Other Example .. Click Here : Flat-tailed Gecko

Geckos : Introduction - As a Pet

Geckos Species :

- Leopard geckos 1 2 3 4

- Crested gecko 1 2 3 4 5

- Tokay gecko 1 2

- African Fat Tailed Geckos 1 2 3

- Day Gecko : - Giant Day Gecko: 1 2

- Gold dust gecko: 1 2

- phelsuma dubia

- Other Day Geckos Geckos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11