Hemidactylus hajarensis

Hemidactylus hajarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species: Hemidactylus hajarensis

Name

• Hemidactylus hajarensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012

Holotype: BMNH 2008.714, male collected in May 2011 by S. Carranza, E. Gómez-Díaz and F. Amat (MorphoBank M99903–M99917).

Type locality: Wadi Bani Khalid, 647 m, Eastern Hajar (North Oman), 22.61609’N 59.09371.

Etymology: The name is an adjective that refers to the mountain range where the species is found, the Hajar Mountains.

Mentions

• Hemidactylus persicus — Arnold, 1986: 419
• Hemidactylus persicus — Leviton, Anderson, Adler and Minton, 1992: 38 (part.)
• Hemidactylus persicus — van der Kooij, 2000: 112 (part.)
• Hemidactylus persicus — Carranza and Arnold, 2006: 536
• Hemidactylus persicus — Sindaco & Jeremcenko, 2008: 115 (part.)
• Hemidactylus hajarensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012

References

• Carranza, S.; Arnold, E.N. 2012: A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa 3378: 1–95. Preview Reference page.