Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart, 1853
Kandyan gecko
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1852 or before
Rediscovered in 1998
Distribution
Kandy, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kelaart, E. F. (1853 [‘1852’]). Prodromus Faunae Zeylanicae, being Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon. Privately Published, xxxiii + 197 + 54 + (3) pp.
Other references:
Batuwita, Sudesh and Pethiyagoda, Rohan. (2012). Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray. Zootaxa 3359: 17-30.