Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters, 1854 is a animal in the Gekkonidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters, 1854

Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters, 1854

Hemidactylus platycephalus is a gecko species widely distributed across eastern Africa from Somalia to Mozambique and Madagascar.

Family
Genus
Hemidactylus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters, 1854

Hemidactylus platycephalus (Peters, 1854) is a species of gecko. It is known by several common names: tree gecko, flathead leaf-toed gecko, and Baobab gecko. This gecko is widely distributed across eastern Africa, ranging from Somalia in the north to Mozambique and Madagascar in the south.

Photo: (c) Chad Keates, all rights reserved, uploaded by Chad Keates

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Gekkonidae Hemidactylus

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