Gekkoninae
| Gekkoninae | |
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| A gold dust day gecko (genus Phelsuma) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae Gray, 1825[1][2] |
| Genera | |
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59; see text | |
Gekkoninae is a diverse subfamily of the family Gekkonidae, geckos. It has the most species and genera — over 850 species in 59 genera. Hemidactylus and Cyrtodactylus together account for 185 species.
Genera
The following is a list of recognized genera:
- Afroedura (9 species)
- Afrogecko (3 species)
- Agamura (monotypic)
- Ailuronyx (3 species)
- Alsophylax (6 species)
- Altiphylax (5 species)
- Blaesodactylus (6 species)
- Bunopus (3 species)
- Calodactylodes (2 species)
- Carinatogecko (2 species)
- Chondrodactylus (4 spp.)
- Christinus (3 species)
- Cnemaspis (75 species)
- Colopus (2 species)
- Crossobamon (1 or 2 species)
- Cryptactites (monotypic)
- Cyrtodactylus (95 species)
- Cyrtopodion (37 species)
- Dixonius (5 species)
- Ebenavia (2 species)
- Elasmodactylus (2 species)
- Geckolepis (5 species)
- Gehyra (35 species)
- Gekko (32 species)
- Goggia (8 species)
- Gonydactylus (4 species)
- Hemidactylus (90 species)[3]
- Hemiphyllodactylus (6 spp.)
- Heteronotia (3 species)
- Homopholis (6 species)
- Lepidodactylus (33 species)
- Luperosaurus (10 species)
- Lygodactylus (60 species)
- Matoatoa (2 species)
- Mediodactylus (13 species)
- Nactus (11 species)
- Narudasia (monotypic)
- Pachydactylus (40 species)
- Palmatogecko (2 species)
- Paragehyra (2 species)
- Paroedura (16 species)
- Perochirus (3 species)
- Phelsuma (43 species)
- Pseudogekko (4 species)
- Ptenopus (3 species)
- Ptychozoon (6 species)
- Rhinogekko (2 species)
- Rhoptropus (7 species)
- Stenodactylus (11 species)
- Teratolepis (2 species)
- Trachydactylus (2 species)
- Tropiocolotes (10 species)
- Urocotyledon (5 species)
- Uroplatus (13 species)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Gekkoninae |
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- ↑ Wikispecies.
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons.
- ↑ Reptile Database: http://www.jcvi.org/reptiles/families/gekkonidae.php (Downloaded Feb. 17, 2010.)
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