Hemidactylus fragilis is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.
| Hemidactylus fragilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. fragilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus fragilis Calabresi, 1915
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Geographic range
editTaxonomy
editH. fragilis is sometimes considered conspecific with the common house gecko, H. frenatus. In fact, it had been synonymized with the species by Loveridge in 1947, but was resurrected by Mazuch et al. in 2016.[2]
Description
editSmall for its genus, H. fragilis may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.72 cm (1.46 in).[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Mazuch, T. (2021). "Hemidactylus fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T99155576A99155596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T99155576A99155596.en. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d Hemidactylus fragilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- Calabresi E (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili della Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano 26: 234–247. (Hemidactylus fragilis, new species, pp. 236–237, Figure 1). (in Italian).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus fragilis, p. 415).
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Hemidactylus frenatus, pp. 127–130).
- Mazuch T, Šmíd J, Bauer AM (2016). "Rediscovery and a new record of Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Somaliland, with notes on the resurrection of Hemidactylus fragilis". Zootaxa 4117 (4): 529–542.