Gekko horsfieldii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Ptychozoon)
Species: Gekko horsfieldii

Name

Gekko horsfieldii (Gray, 1827)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.25.86.
• Type locality: “India” in error, designated as “Singapore” by Stejneger (1902).

Combinations

• Pteropleura horsfieldii Gray, 1827: 56 [original combination]
• Platydactylus horsfieldii — Fitzinger, 1843: 101 [subsequent combination]
• Ptychozoon horsfieldii — Müller, 1892: 209 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1827. A Synopsis of the Genera of Saurian Reptiles in which some new Genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual Examination. Philosophical Magazine 2(2): 54–58. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ptychozoon horsfieldii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 July 2019.
• McGuire, J., Iskandar, D. & Grismer, L. 2018. IUCN: Gekko horsfieldii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178723A100916757. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178723A100916757.en

Vernacular names

English: Horsfield's Parachute Gecko