Hemidactylus principensis

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 principensis

Name

• Hemidactylus principensis Miller, Sellas & Drewes, 2012

Holotype: CAS 219212, an adult male collected on a tree trunk. Collected by R.E. Stoelting.

Type locality: Beach below Sao Joaquim, Príncipe Island,Republic of São Tome and Príncipe (1°37’19.87’’N, 7°22’13.10’’E).

Etymology: Named for the Island of Príncipe of the Republic of São Tome e Príncipe, to which it is endemic.

References

• Miller, Elizabeth C.; Anna B. Sellas & Robert C. Drewes, 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.
• Hemidactylus principensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 april 2015.