Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 253

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968186

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF66-B88A-FF6B-47CF7A390D9F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842
status

 

Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842 View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Kandyan Gecko

Singapore records.

Nubilia Argentii View in CoL — Gray, 1845: 273.— Hoffmann, 1890a: 1196.

Hemidactylus depressus View in CoL — Boulenger, 1885: 135.— Flower, 1896: 865.—Ridley, 1899: 206.— Boulenger, 1912: 43.—Sworder, 1925a: 64.— Chasen, 1925: 100.—Smedley, 1932: 11.

Remarks. Endemic to Sri Lanka (Somaweera & Somaweera 2009a), a specimen of H. depressus was attained by Argent and is preserved at NHMUK with the locality Singapore ( Gray 1845; Boulenger 1885). Boulenger (1912) stated that H. depressus inhabits Sri Lanka, but did not mention whether he found the Singapore specimen dubious. Sworder (1925) did doubt the locality of the specimen and stated that the individual likely reached Singapore as a stowaway. Smedley (1932) also agreed that the locality was incorrect and removed it from Peninsular Malaysia’s checklist. Subsequently, Taylor (1953) corrected and restricted the type locality for N. argentii to “ Ceylon ”, and Batuwita & Pethiyagoda (2012) agreed that the type locality is “ Sri Lanka ”.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Hemidactylus

Loc

Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Hemidactylus depressus

Chasen, F. N. 1925: 100
Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 43
Flower, S. S. 1896: 865
Boulenger, G. A. 1885: 135
1885
Loc

Nubilia Argentii

Hoffmann, C. K. 1890: 1196
Gray, J. E. 1845: 273
1845
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