Hemidactylus fragilis

Hemidactylus fragilis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. fragilis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus fragilis Calabresi, 1915

Hemidactylus fragilis is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Geographic range

H. fragilis is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

H. fragilis is sometimes considered conspecific with the common house gecko, H. frenatus. In fact, it had been synonymized with the species by Loveridge in 1947, but was resurrected by Mazuch et al. in 2016. ^[2]

Description

Small for its genus, H. fragilis may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.72 cm (1.46 in). ^[2]

Reproduction

H. fragilis is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Mazuch, T. (2021). "Hemidactylus fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T99155576A99155596. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T99155576A99155596.en . Retrieved 7 November 2023.
2. Hemidactylus fragilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Calabresi E (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili della Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano26: 234–247. (Hemidactylus fragilis, new species, pp. 236–237, Figure 1). (in Italian).
• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus fragilis, p. 415).
• Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College98: 1–469. (Hemidactylus frenatus, pp. 127–130).
• Mazuch T, Šmíd J, Bauer AM (2016). "Rediscovery and a new record of Hemidactylus laevis Boulenger, 1901 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Somaliland, with notes on the resurrection of Hemidactylus fragilis". Zootaxa4117 (4): 529–542.