Hemidactylus fragilis
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| Hemidactylus fragilis | |
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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.
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]