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.

Sphaerodactylidae
Persian wonder gecko
(Teratoscincus keyserlingii )
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Gekkonoidea
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Underwood, 1954
Genera

12, see text.

Genera

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The 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  
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  
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  
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  
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Sphaerodactylidae". Dahms Tierleben
  5. ^ 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.

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