Gekko smithii

Taxobox | name = Smith's Green-eyed Gecko
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Gekkonidae
genus = "Gekko"
species = "smithii"
binomial = "Gekko smithii"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1842

Smith's Green-eyed Gecko or Large Forest Gecko "Gekko smithii" is a species of gecko found in Asia.

Description

One of the biggest geckos (reaching 350 mm or more). It is named after Andrew Smith (1797-1872), Scottish zoologist and founder of the South African Museum.

Similar looking species include "Gekko taylori" and "Gekko gecko". Also similar to "Gekko verreauxii" (from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and "Gekko siamensis" (from central Thailand).

Distribution

S Thailand (Satun, Narathiwatk Pattani), Singapore, W Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Pulau Tioman), Myanmar (= Burma), India: Nicobar Islands,Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Pulau Nias, Java)

Type locality: Prince of Wales' Island (= Pulau Pinang, West Malaysia)

References

* Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
* Gray, J. E. 1842 Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany: 57-59.
* Grossmann, W. 2004 Gekko smithii Gray 1842. Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 627-634
* Rösler, H. 2001 Studien am Tokeh: 1. Gekko gecko azhari Mertens 1955 (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 33-46

External links

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* http://www.xs4all.nl/~reptilia/Images/Gekko%20smithi.jpg