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Farquhar Half-toed Gecko
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Farquhar Half-toed Gecko

Hemidactylus mercatorius

Hemidactylus mercatorius is a species of gecko. There has been confusion between this species and Hemidactylus mabouia, making it difficult to establish the ranges of these 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).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34477.