The Sphaerodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The family contains 12 living genera and over 200 living species.[1][2][3] The family name comes from the ball shape of their finger joints.
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| Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii ) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | Gekkonoidea |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae Underwood, 1954 |
| Genera | |
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12, see text. | |
Genera
editThe following genera are recognized as valid:[4]
| List of genera | |||||
| Genus | Image | Type species | Taxon author | Common name | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristelliger |  A. georgeensis |
A. lar Cope, 1862 | Cope, 1862 | Croaking geckos and Caribbean geckos | 9 |
| Chatogekko |  C. amazonicus |
C. amazonicus (Andersson, 1918) | Gamble, Daza, Colli, Vitt & Bauer, 2011 | Brazilian pygmy gecko | 1 |
| Coleodactylus |  C. natalensis |
C. meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888) | Parker, 1926 | 5 | |
| Euleptes |  E. europaea |
E. europaea (Gené, 1839) | Fitzinger, 1843 | European leaf-toed gecko | 1 |
| †Geiseleptes[5] | †G.delfinoi Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022 | Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022 | 1 | ||
| Gonatodes | _gecko_(Gonatodes_ceciliae)_male.jpg) G. ceciliae |
G. albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) | Fitzinger, 1843 | Dwarf geckos | 34 |
| Lepidoblepharis |  L. xanthostigma |
L. festae Peracca, 1897 | Peracca, 1897 | Scaly-eyed geckos | 21 |
| Pristurus | _(12801641984).jpg) P. rupestris |
P. flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835 | Rüppell, 1835 | Rock geckos | 26 |
| Pseudogonatodes |  P. guianensis |
P. furvus Ruthven, 1915 | Ruthven, 1915 | South American clawed geckos | 7 |
| Quedenfeldtia | .JPG) Q. trachyblepharus |
Q. trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1873) | Boettger, 1883 | Atlas day geckos | 2 |
| Saurodactylus |  S. brosseti |
S. mauritanicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) | Fitzinger, 1843 | Lizard-fingered geckos | 7 |
| Sphaerodactylus | .jpg) S. fantasticus |
S. sputator (Sparrman, 1784) | Wagler, 1830 | Sphaeros and least geckos | 108 |
| Teratoscincus |  T. bedriagai |
T. keyserlingii Strauch, 1863 | Strauch, 1863 | Wonder geckos | 9 |
References
edit- ^ Gamble, T.; Daza, J.D.D.; Colli, G.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Bauer, A.M. (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (4): 1244–1266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x. PMC 3223738. PMID 22125341.
- ^ Gamble, Tony; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd R. (21 August 2007). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". Journal of Biogeography. 35: 070821084123003––. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01770.x. S2CID 29974883.
- ^ Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Colli, G.R.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Simons, A.M. (February 2011). "Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24 (2): 231–244. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02184.x. PMC 3075428. PMID 21126276.
- ^ "Sphaerodactylidae". Dahms Tierleben
- ^ Villa, Andrea; Wings, Oliver; Rabi, Márton (2022). Angielczyk, Kenneth (ed.). "A new gecko (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Eocene of Geiseltal (Germany) implies long-term persistence of European Sphaerodactylidae" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 8 (3). Bibcode:2022PPal....8E1434V. doi:10.1002/spp2.1434. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 249358350.
Further reading
edit- Underwood, Garth (2010). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 124 (3): 469–492. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1954.tb07789.x.
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