Gekko thakhekensis

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: Gekko
Species: Gekko thakhekensis

Name

Gekko thakhekensis Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2014: 76

• Holotype: IEBR A.2014.6, subadult ♂, collected by Thomas Calame and Peter Jäger on 29 April 2012.
• Type locality: “on a karst wall of a karstic massif, ca. 1.5 m above the forest floor, in a mixed secondary forest of hardwoods and shrubsnear Thakhek Town (17º27.64’N, 104º55.24’E), Khammouane Province, Laos, at an elevation of 170 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Luu, V.Q., Calame, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2014. A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3895(1): 73–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gekko thakhekensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Thakhek Gecko