Gekkoninae

Gekkoninae
A gold dust day gecko (genus Phelsuma) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Gray, 1825[1][2]
Genera

57, see text.

Gekkoninae is a diverse subfamily of the family Gekkonidae, geckos. It has the most species and genera — over 850 species in 57 genera. Hemidactylus and Cyrtodactylus together account for 185 species. Here follows a list of recognized genera:

Afroedura (9 species)
Afrogecko (3 species)
Agamura (3 species)
Ailuronyx (3 species)
Alsophylax (8 species)
Asiocolotes (2 species)[3]
Blaesodactylus (3 species)
Bogertia (monotypic) – Bogert's Gecko
Briba∗
Bunopus (4 species)
Calodactylodes (2 species)
Carinatogecko (2 species)
Chondrodactylus (4 spp.)
Christinus (3 species)
Cnemaspis (75 species)
Colopus (2 species)
Cosymbotus (1 or 2 species)
Crossobamon (1 or 2 species)
Cryptactites (monotypic)
Cyrtodactylus (95 species)
Cyrtopodion (37 species)
Dixonius (5 species)
Dravidogecko (monotypic)
Ebenavia (2 species)
Geckoella (7 species)[4]
Geckolepis (5 species)
Geckonia (monotypic)
Gehyra (35 species)
Gekko (32 species)
Goggia (8 species)
Gonydactylus (4 species)
Hemidactylus (90 species)
Hemiphyllodactylus (6 spp.)
Heteronotia (3 species)
Homopholis (6 species)
Lepidodactylus (33 species)
Luperosaurus (10 species)
Lygodactylus (60 species)
Matoatoa (2 species)
Mediodactylus (13 species)
Microscalabotes (monotypic)
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)
Rhoptropus (7 species)
Stenodactylus (11 species)
Teratolepis (2 species)
Tropiocolotes (10 species)
Urocotyledon (4 species)
Uroplatus (13 species)

∗Now synonymized with Hemidactylus[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wikispecies.
  2. ↑ Wikimedia Commons.
  3. ↑ "Asiocolotes depressus". jcvi.org. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Geckoella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. ↑ Reptile Database: http://www.jcvi.org/reptiles/families/gekkonidae.php (Downloaded Feb. 17, 2010.)

External links

Data related to Gekkoninae at Wikispecies
Media related to Gekkoninae at Wikimedia Commons