Hemidactylus isolepis

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Hemidactylus isolepis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. isolepis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus isolepis
Boulenger, 1895
Synonyms

Teratolepis isolepis

Hemidactylus isolepis, also known as the scaly leaf-toed gecko or uniform-scaled gecko, is a species of gecko. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and probably in Sudan. [1]

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