Hemidactylus luzonensis Taylor, 1915

Mahony, Stephen, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Hemidactylus brookii Gray: a re-examination of the type series and some Asian synonyms, and a discussion of the obscure species Hemidactylus subtriedrus Jerdon (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), Zootaxa 3042, pp. 37-67 : 45

Hemidactylus luzonensis Taylor, 1915

Hemidactylus luzonensis was described based on a single female specimen (No. 1774) collected from Manila, Luzon Island, Philippines and deposited at the Bureau of Science, Manila ( Taylor 1915). This specimen has not since been described in literature and was reported as destroyed during World War II ( Brown & Alcala 1978). Taylor (1915) provided a detailed description, however it is not possible to verify its affinities amongst the synonyms of H. brookii s.l., and thus would require the designation of a neotype to resolve its taxonomic status. No specimens of the H. brookii complex from the Philippines were available in this study. Brown and Alcala (1978) consider this species to be identical to the Bornean types of H. brookii , which at the time incorrectly included the “ Australia ” syntype, referred here to H. tenkatei . Rösler and Glaw (2010) suspect that this synonym may represent a junior subjective synonym of H. tenkatei . Herein I provisionally retain it in the synonymy of H. brookii pending a neotype designation.