Hemiphyllodactylus (from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', φύλλον (phúllon), meaning 'leaf', and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning 'finger') 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.

Species

  1. Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis
  2. Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus – Southern Ghats slender gecko
  3. Hemiphyllodactylus banaensis – Ba Na dwarf gecko
  4. Hemiphyllodactylus bintik – spotted dwarf gecko
  5. Hemiphyllodactylus bonkowskii
  6. Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis – Chiang Mai dwarf gecko
  7. Hemiphyllodactylus cicak – Ganjam slender gecko
  8. Hemiphyllodactylus montawaensis – Montawa dwarf gecko
  9. Hemiphyllodactylus nahangensis – Tebu Mountain slender-toed gecko
  10. Hemiphyllodactylus titiwangsaensis – Zug's slender gecko
  11. Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis
  12. Hemiphyllodactylus zwegabinensis – 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.

References

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).