Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. stejnegeri
Binomial name
	Hemidactylus stejnegeri; Ota & Hikida, 1989

Last updated December 28, 2025

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko^[2] (Hemidactylus stejnegeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honour of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.^[3]^[4]

Geographic range

H. stejnegeri is found in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of H. stejnegeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

H. stejnegeri is an oviparous, triploid, parthenogenetic species.^[3]

References

1 2 Diesmos, A.C.; Rico, E.L.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Shang, G. (2019). "Hemidactylus stejnegeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195299A2377357. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195299A2377357.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
↑ Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2.
1 2 3 Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 253).

Ota H, Hikida T (1989). "A New Triploid Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae: Sauria) from Taiwan, with Comments on Morphological and Karyological Variation in the H. garnotii-vietnamensis Complex". Journal of Herpetology23 (1): 50–60. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, new species).
Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 87). (in German).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Diesmos, A.C.; Rico, E.L.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Shang, G. (2019). "Hemidactylus stejnegeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195299A2377357. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195299A2377357.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[Wrobel2004-2] Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2.

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 253).

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