Hemidactylus longicephalus

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 longicephalus

Name

Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873: 210

• Syntypes: MB, collected by J.A. de Anchieta in 1891. [destroyed by fire in 1978]
• Neotype: CAS 263575 (field number MCZ A-36523), adult ♂, collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, Philip Pastor and John Cavagnaro on 13 June 2016. [designated by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 38)]
• Type locality: “l'intérieur de Mossamedes (Capangombe) et de Catumbella, prés de Benguella”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Kawa Camp, Kissama National Park (-9.18303°, 13.37063°, 136 m), Luanda Province, Republic of Angola” by Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer (2020: 38).

Synonyms

• Hemidactylus steindachneri Tornier, 1902: 668
  • Lectotype: ZMB 17714, ♀. [designated by Loveridge (1947: 189)]
  • Type locality: “Kamerun (Bipindi)” and Victoria (Kamerun)”, restricted to “Bipindi” by Loveridge (1947: 189).
  • Paralectotype: ZMB 17690, ♀.

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Melanges erpetologiques. II. Sur quelques reptiles et batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d‘Afrique occidentale. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 4: 209–227. BHL
• Tornier, G. 1902. Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 15(2): 663–677. BHL Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Agarwal, I., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4746(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemidactylus longicephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2019.
• Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. IUCN: Hemidactylus longicephalus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44648039A45036272. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44648039A45036272.en. Accessed on 22 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Longhead House Gecko