Confirmation of Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 from Borneo
Hemidactylus brookii was described by Gray (1845) from collections made by British naval officer, Captain Edward Belcher (1799–1877) and the Earl of Derby, presumably the 14th Earl, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley (1799–1868). Collection locations are recorded as “Borneo” and “Australia” respect...
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| Summary: | Hemidactylus brookii was described by Gray
(1845) from collections made by British naval
officer, Captain Edward Belcher (1799–1877)
and the Earl of Derby, presumably the 14th
Earl, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley
(1799–1868). Collection locations are recorded
as “Borneo” and “Australia” respectively. The
three syntypes (BMNH 1947.3.6.47–49) have
the type locality apparently restricted independently to “Borneo” by Smith, 1935: 89 and
Pope, 1935: 460. The species is named for Sir
James Brooke (1803–1868), who was known as
the “First Rajah of Sarawak” (1842–1867). He
was formerly Governor of Sarawak from 1841,
and Governor of Labuan and Consul-General
to the Sultan of Brunei from 1846 |
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