| Hemidactylus luqueorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. luqueorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus luqueorum Carranza & Arnold, 2012 | |
Hemidactylus luqueorum is a species of house gecko endemic to Oman. The specific epithet luqueorum honors Maria Teresa Luque and her family.
Hemidactylus luqueorum is found in the western Hajar Mountains in northern Oman at 492–2,200 m (1,614–7,218 ft) above sea level.
References
- Carranza, Salvador, and Edwin Nicholas Arnold. "A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species." Zootaxa 3378 (2012): 1-95.
- ^ Hemidactylus luqueorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-11-04.
Further reading
- Šmíd, Jiří, et al. "Out of Arabia: A complex biogeographic history of multiple vicariance and dispersal events in the gecko genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)." (2013): e64018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hemidactylus luqueorum | |
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