Hemiphyllodactylus harterti, also known commonly as the Bintang slender gecko, Hartert's slender gecko, and Werner's gypsy gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemiphyllodactylus |
| Species: | H. harterti
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| Hemiphyllodactylus harterti (F. Werner, 1900)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, harterti, is in honor of German ornithologist Ernst Johann Otto Hartert.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of H. harterti is forest, at altitudes as high as 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]
Description
editAdults of H. harteri have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4 cm (1.6 in), and a tail length slightly shorter than SVL. Males have 44–45 femoroprecloacal pores and a single cloacal spur (postanal tubercle).[2]
Behavior
editH. harterti is nocturnal and scansorial (adapted for climbing).[1]
Reproduction
editUnlike other species of Hemiphyllodactylus which are unisexual (females only), H. harterti is bisexual (males and females).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Quah E, Grismer L (2018). "Hemiphyllodactylus harterti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101950071A101950079.en. Accessed on 09 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d Hemiphyllodactylus harterti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemiphyllodactylus hartert, p. 117).
Further reading
edit- Cobos AJ, Grismer LL, Wood PL Jr, Quah ESH, Anuar S, Muin MA (2016). "Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the Hemiphyllodactylus harterti group, a new species from Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia, and a likely case of true cryptic speciation". Zootaxa 4107 (3): 367–380.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemiphyllodactylus harterti, p. 88). (in German).
- Werner F (1900). "Beschreibung einiger noch unbekannter neotropischer und indischer Reptilien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 23: 196–198. (Lepidodactylus harterti, new species, p. 196). (in German).
- Zug GR (2010). "Speciation and Dispersal in a Low Diversity Taxon: The Slender Geckos Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (631): xi + 70 pp. (Hemiphyllodactylus harterti, pp. 43–44).
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