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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Hemidactylus (tropical house geckos)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Gekkonidae (geckos)

Species native to southern Africa

Hemidactylus longicephalus (Long-headed tropical house gecko)

 

 

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau's tropical house gecko)

 

Hemidactylus mercatorius

 

 

Hemidactylus platycephalus (Flat-headed tropical house gecko)

 

Hemidactylus tasmani (Tasman's tropical house gecko)