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Hemidactylus mercatorius
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. mercatorius
Binomial name
Hemidactylus mercatorius Gray, 1842
Synonyms
Hemidactylus gardineri Hemidactylus persimilis Hemidactylus mandanus

Hemidactylus mercatorius is a species of gecko. There has been confusion between it and Hemidactylus mabouia, making it difficult to establish the ranges of the species. While the Reptile Database gives Hemidactylus mercatorius a wide distribution in eastern Africa, the IUCN restricts its native distribution to Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean (the Comoros, Seychelles, Mayotte).

References

1. ^ Vences, M.; Hawlitschek, O.; Bauer, A.M.; Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Hemidactylus mercatorius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T172976A120629851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T172976A120629851.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Hemidactylus mercatorius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Hemidactylus
• Reptiles described in 1842
• Taxa named by John Edward Gray
• Reptiles of the Comoros
• Reptiles of Madagascar
• Fauna of Mayotte
• Reptiles of Seychelles
• Hemidactylus stubs