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Hemiphyllodactylus typus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gekkonidae

Scientific name
  
Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Higher classification
  
Hemiphyllodactylus

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Suborder
  
Sauria

Genus
  
Hemiphyllodactylus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Hemiphyllodactylus, Lepidodactylus, Vincent's least gecko, Gehyra mutilata, Cnemaspis

The Indopacific tree gecko or common dwarf gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus is a species of gecko found in South Asia and islands in the Indian Ocean.

Distribution

India (Shevaroy Hills, Anaimalai, Nilgiri Hills), Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Vietnam, Chapa/Tongking, Thailand, W Malaysia, Singapore, Oceania, Burma, Philippines (Panay), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Komodo), China, Taiwan, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tonga, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands (Vanua Levu, Viti Levu), Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues (fide F. Glaw, pers. comm.) Introduced to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Introduced to Iriomotejima Island, Introduced into the USA (Hawaii)

Type locality: "Agam" [West-Sumatra] [Kluge 1968] and "Goenong Parong (Java)" [= Gunung Parang, West-Java] (Wermuth 1965)

References

Hemiphyllodactylus typus Wikipedia