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    Species Accepted

    Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836

    (Indian) Bark Gecko
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Hemidactylus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      OmanNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      (Indian) Bark Gecko English
      Bark Gecko English
      Dracó de Dits de Fulla d'en Leschenault Catalan–Valencian
      Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko English
      Leschenaults Halbfingergecko German
      Leschenault‘s Blattfingergecko German
      Leschenault’s Gecko English
      Rindengecko German
      Tamarind-halvfingergekko Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      67 results
      Bauer, Aaron M.; Todd R. Jackman, Eli Greenbaum, Varad B. Giri, Anslem de Silva. (2010). South Asia supports a major endemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (1): 343-352.
      Karunarathna, Suranjan D. M. S. and A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe. (2011). A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE REPTILE FAUNA IN NILGALA FOREST AND ITS VICINITY, MONARAGALA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA. Taprobanica 3 (2): 69-76.
      Khan, M. S. (2005). Hemidactylus geckos of Pakistan. Reptilia (GB) (43): 71-78.
      Bhupathy, Subramanian, & Sathishkumar, N. (2013). Status of reptiles in Meghamalai and its environs, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (15): 4953-4961.
      Kodeeswaran V., Ramakrishnan B., Ganesh SR. (2025). A preliminary study on the herpetofaunal diversity and distribution in Madurai hills across the Vaigai basin, southern India. Hamadryad 41 (1/2):
      Smith, M. A. (1935). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 Pp.
      GOKULAKRISHNAN, G., SIVAPERUMAN, C. CHANDRAMOULI, S.R. (2019). First record of the Bark Gecko, Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), from the Andaman Archipelago. Sauria 41 (1): 51 - 54.
      Karthik, P., & Ayuthavel Kalaimani, R. N. (2018). An inventory on herpetofauna with emphasis on conservation from Gingee Hills, Eastern-Ghats, Southern India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 7 (1): 2-16.
      Blanford, W. T. (1870). Notes on some Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 335-376.
      Batuwita, Sudesh; & Rohan Pethiyagoda. (2012). Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray. Zootaxa 3359: 17–30.

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