[vierfleck]

Hello,

I´m confused:

Hemidactylus fasciatus was described by Gray,1842
Teratolepis fasciata was described by Blyth,1853

If it is correct,that T.fasciata was now H.fasciata,doesn´t he have to get a new name,because H.fasciatus was described earlier?

regards

Matthias

[danscantle]

Excellent observations. Some people on this forum got a little carried away with the news about the affinities of Teratolepis. As Tony Gamble pointed out in an earlier thread, the nomenclature has yet to be updated in light of the recent discovery; it has only been presented for that matter.

For now, Teratolepis is still valid (as is Rhacodactylus...)

[sune jensen]

I guess if T. fasciata is included in the Hemidactylus genus, it would become:
Hemidactylus + the latest possible species name that was not fasciata (from older synonyms)

Because the H. fasciata name is already in use.

-Sune

[Reptiluvr]

What Genus will Rhacodactylus be synonymized with Dan? Their scalation, toes and prehensile tail I thought made them quite unique.

[sune jensen]

Bauer split up the genus recently, and even split up some speices into morte than one species, due to locality differences. So there is a need for new species names. Besides that I think Chahoua was moved to Eurydactylodes.

[vierfleck]

Hello,

@ Sune: Do you have the work of Bauer as a pdf-File,you can send me?I´d love to read more about it.

regards

Matthias