Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835:18

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 488-489

Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835:18 , pl. 6, fig. 2

1835 Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, Amphibien. Pages 1–18. In Rüppell, E. (ed.), Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig, entdeckt und beschrieben. Vol. 3, Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. vi + 140, pls. 1–6.

LECTOTYPE.— SMF 8772 from, “Insel [= island] Massaua , Abyssinien [= Eritrea]”.

SYNONYMS.— Hemidactylus coctaei Duméril and Bibron, 1836 from “ Bombay and Bengal”. Boltalia sublevis Gray, 1842 from “ India ”. Hemidactylus bengaliensis Anderson, 1871 from “Bengal, India ”.

LOCALITIES.— Jalalabad (AFG 09–10, CAS 115949–55, FMNH 161143, FMNH 161145–47, FMNH 161149, FMNH 161151–52, FMNH 161154, FMNH 161156, FMNH 161159–60, MMB 28463–64, ZFMK 8580); Jalalabad (Spinlar Hotel) (1950 ft.) (MVZ 236972–74); Jalalabad, bridge across Kabul River (MMB 28461); on road to Thor Khama, 8 km ESE of Jalalabad (MMB 28462) [ Fig. 15 ; see pl. 6, fig. 6 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) also recognized this species from the Kabul area but it needs to be confirmed.

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FIGURE 15: Hemidactylus flaviviridis from Jalalabad. Photo by G. Nogge.