Hemidactylus fragilis

Hemidactylus fragilis is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Hemidactylus fragilis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. fragilis
Binomial name
Hemidactylus fragilis Calabresi, 1915

Geographic range

H. fragilis is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

H. fragilis is sometimes considered conspecific with the common house gecko, H. frenatus. In fact, it had been synonymized with the species by Loveridge in 1947, but was resurrected by Mazuch et al. in 2016.^[2]

Description

Small for its genus, H. fragilis may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.72 cm (1.46 in).^[2]

Reproduction

H. fragilis is oviparous.^[2]