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Sabah Flying Gecko

Gekko rhacophorus (Boulenger, 1899)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gekko rhacophorus (Boulenger, 1899)
Name authority
(Boulenger, 1899)
Common name
Sabah Flying Gecko
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Gekkonidae
Genus
Gekko
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderGekkota
  11. familyGekkonidae
  12. genusGekko
  13. speciesGekko rhacophorus (Boulenger, 1899)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gekko. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Adler’s GeckoGekko adleri Nguyen, Wang, Yang, Lehmann, Le, Ziegler & Bonkowski, 2013GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gekko albofasciolatus (Günther, 1867)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown's GeckoGekko athymus Brown & Alcala, 1962GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bonkowski’s GeckoGekko bonkowskii Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brooks' Wolf GeckoGekko brooksii Boulenger, 1920GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Canh’s GeckoGekko canhi Rösler, Nguyen, Van Doan, Ho, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2010GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Babuyan Claro GeckoGekko crombota Brown, Oliveros, Siler & Diesmos, 2008GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tokay GeckoGekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Grossmann’s geckoGekko grossmanni Günther, 1994GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Schlegel's Japanese GeckoGekko japonicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kwangsi GeckoGekko kwangsiensis Yang, 2015GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lauhachinda’s Cave GeckoGekko lauhachindai Panitvong, Sumontha, Konlek & Kunya, 2010GekkonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Gecko rhacophorus Boulenger, 1899 Boulenger, 1899synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Mount Kinabalu 700 m)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gekko&species=rhacophorus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:88WGC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.