Hemidactylus brookii

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:

Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845: 153

• Lectotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.47 (formerly BM RR1934.9.1.49[.21.a]), adult ♂, presented by Sir Edward Belcher. [designated by Mahony (2011: 46)]
• Type locality: “Borneo” and “Australia”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Borneo” by Mahony (2011: 46).
• Paralectotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.48 (formerly BM RR1934.9.1.50[.21.b]), adult ♂, from “Australia” in error presumably from Borneo, presented by the Earl of Derby.

• Hemidactylus luzonensis Taylor, 1915: 93
  • Holotype: BSMP 1774, ♀. [destroyed during World War II]
  • Type locality: “Manilla, Philippine Islands”.

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. 1915. New species of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science 10(2): 89–109. BHL Reference page. 
• Mahony, S. 2011. Taxonomic revision of Hemidactylus brookii Gray: a re-examination of the type series and some Asian synonyms, and a discussion of the obscure species Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3042: 37–67. Preview

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Hemidactylus brookii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 August 2022.
• Bowles, P., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Giri, V., Roy, A.D., Murthy, B.H.C.K., Agarwal, I., Molur, S., Sondhi, S., Pal, S. & Yang, J. 2019. IUCN: Hemidactylus brookii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T172703A1370220. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T172703A1370220.en. Accessed on 24 August 2022.

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