Hemiphyllodactylus

Hemiphyllodactylus is a genus of geckos ranging from India and China southward to Southeast Asia and Oceania. Species of Hemiphyllodactylus are commonly known as half leaf-fingered geckos. Many species are known as dwarf geckos or slender geckos.

Hemiphyllodactylus
Hemiphyllodactylus typus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860

Species

• Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan, & Karanth, 2019
• Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus (Beddome, 1870) – Southern Ghats slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus banaensis Ngo Van Tri et al., 2014 [1] – Ba Na dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus bintik Grismer et al., 2015 [2] – spotted dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Guo et al., 2015 [2] – Changning slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus chiangmaiensis Grismer, Wood & Cota, 2014 [3] – Chiang Mai dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus cicak Grismer et al., 2016 [2] – Penang Island slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis (Zhou & Liu, 1981) [2] – Dushan slender gecko, Dushan gypsy gecko, or Dushan dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis Grismer et al., 2014 [2] – Pulau Enggano dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus flaviventris Sukprasert, Sutthiwises, Lauhachinda, & Taksintum, 2018 – yellow-bellied dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus ganoklonis Zug, 2010 [2] – Palauan slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus harterti (F. Werner, 1900) [2] – Bintang slender gecko, Hartert's slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis Sung, Lee, Ng, Zhang, & Yang, 2018 [2] – Hong Kong slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis Yan, Lin, Guo, Li, & Zhou, 2016 [2]
• Hemiphyllodactylus indosobrinus Eliades, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, Siler, & Stuart, 2019 [2]
• Hemiphyllodactylus insularis Taylor, 1918 – Philippine slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis (Zhou & Liu, 1981) [2] – Jinping slender gecko, Jinping gypsy gecko, or Jinping dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus jnana Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan, & Karanth, 2019
• Hemiphyllodactylus khlonglanensis Sukprasert, Sutthiwises, Lauhachinda, & Taksintum, 2018 [2] – Khlong Lan dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus kiziriani Nguyen et al., 2014 [2] – Kizirian's slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan, & Karanth, 2019
• Hemiphyllodactylus kyaiktiyoensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks, & Lin, 2020 – Kyaiktiyo Mountain slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus larutensis (Boulenger, 1900) – Larut dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus linnwayensis Grismer et al., 2017 – Lynn-Way dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus longlingensis (Zhou & Liu, 1981) [2] – Longling slender gecko, Longling gypsy gecko, or Longling dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus margarethae Brongersma, 1931 [2] – Sumatran slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus montawaensis Grismer et al., 2017 – Montawa dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks, & Lin, 2020 – Ngwe Lwin’s slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan, & Khandekar, 2020 – Nilgiris slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan, & Khandekar, 2020 – KMTR slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus pinlaungensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks, & Lin, 2020 – Pinlaung slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus Eliades, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, Siler, & Stuart, 2019 [2]
• Hemiphyllodactylus tehtarik Grismer et al., 2013 [4] – Tebu Mountain slender-toed gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus titiwangsaensis Zug, 2010 [2] – Titiwangsa slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus tonywhitteni Grismer et al., 2017 – Phapant dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860 – Indopacific tree gecko, Indopacific slender gecko, or common dwarf gecko
  • Hemiphyllodactylus typus chapaensis Bourret, 1937
  • Hemiphyllodactylus typus pallidus Auffenberg, 1980
  • Hemiphyllodactylus typus typus Bleeker, 1860
• Hemiphyllodactylus uga Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw, & Lwin, 2018 – Uga's slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1903) – Asian slender gecko, Yunnan gypsy gecko, or Yunnan dwarf gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus ywanganensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw, & Lwin, 2018 – Ywangan slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus zugi Nguyen et al., 2013 [5] – Zug's slender gecko
• Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks, & Lin, 2020 – Zwegabin Mountain slender gecko

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hemiphyllodactylus.

Notes

1. Ngo Van Tri et al. (2014). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ba Na–Nui Chua Nature Reserve, Central Vietnam". Zootaxa 3760 (4): 539-552.
2. "Hemiphyllodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Grismer et al. (2014). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Thailand". Zootaxa 3760 (1): 67-78.
4. Grismer et al. (2013). "Integrative taxonomy uncovers high levels of cryptic species diversity in Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia". Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 169 (4): 849-880.
5. Nguyen et al. (2013). "A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam". Zootaxa 3736 (1): 89-98.

Further reading

• Bleeker P (1860). "Reptiliën van Agam aangeboden door E. W. A. Ludeking ". Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederladsch Indië, Batavia 20: 325-329. (Hemiphyllodactylus, new genus, p. 327). (in Dutch).