Hemidactylus greeffii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species: Hemidactylus greeffii

Name

Hemidactylus greeffii Bocage, 1886: 66

• Holotype: MB, collected by Dr. Greeff. [destroyed in 1978]
• Neotype: CAS 219062, adult ♂, collected by R.C. Drewes, R.E. Stoelting and J.V. Vindum. [designated by Miller, Sellas & Drewes (2012: 51)]
• Type locality: “São Tomé”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé. Id: Contador Valley, slope on W side of Rio Contador viaduct, within south entrance of tunnel. 00°18′24.0″ N, 006°33′04.6″ E”.

Native distribution areas

• Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé Island.

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1886. Reptis e amphibios de S. Tomé. Jornal de Sciências Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 11: 65–70. BHL
• Miller, E.C., Sellas, A.B. & Drewes, R.C. 2012. A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa with comments on the African-Atlantic clade of Hemidactylus geckos. African Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 40–57. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.666680 Reference page. 

Links

• Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. IUCN: Hemidactylus greeffii  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T18490428A18490431. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T18490428A18490431.en. Accessed on 31 July 2025.