Gekkonidae
Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko
Afrogecko porphyreus (Daudin, 1802)
Afrogecko porphyreus is a small social gecko found in southern South Africa that feeds on small insects.
Indian Golden Gecko
Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870)
Calodactylodes aureus is a gecko from India's Eastern Ghats where females lay over 300 eggs in shared community nests.
Southern Tuberculated Gecko
Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874
Bunopus tuberculatus is a species of gecko with several common names that is found in the Middle East.
Thick-tailed Tuberculated Gecko
Bunopus crassicauda Nikolsky, 1907
Bunopus crassicauda, a gecko with two common names, is an endemic species found only in Iran.
Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko
Uroplatus sikorae Boettger, 1913
Uroplatus sikorae, the mossy leaf-tailed gecko, is a camouflaged nocturnal lizard endemic to Madagascar’s tropical forests.
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko
Uroplatus phantasticus (Boulenger, 1888)
Uroplatus phantasticus is a leaf-tailed camouflaged gecko species endemic to Madagascar’s northern and central tropical forests.
Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
Uroplatus henkeli Böhme & Ibisch, 1990
Uroplatus henkeli is a large leaf-tailed gecko species with two morphs, found in Madagascan primary forests.
Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko
Uroplatus fimbriatus (Schneider, 1797)
Uroplatus fimbriatus is a large nocturnal gecko with highly light-sensitive eyes that can see color at night.
Giant Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko
Uroplatus giganteus Glaw, Kosuch, Henkel, Sound & Böhme, 2006
Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus giganteus) is a large endemic Madagascar gecko species in the Gekkonidae lizard family.
Algerian Sand Gecko
Tropiocolotes algericus Loveridge, 1947
The Algerian sand gecko is a Tropiocolotes gecko species found in all Maghreb countries except Libya.
Elegant Short-fingered Gecko
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus is a widespread Gekkonidae l native to arid regions of northern Africa and the Middle East.
Slevin's Short-fingered Gecko
Stenodactylus slevini Haas, 1957
Stenodactylus slevini is a medium-sized oviparous gecko that lives in desert habitats across parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
Anderson's Short-fingered Gecko
Stenodactylus petrii Anderson, 1896
Stenodactylus petrii is a small mostly nocturnal dwarf gecko found in arid northern Africa and Israel.
Middle Eastern Short-fingered Gecko
Stenodactylus doriae (Blanford, 1874)
Stenodactylus doriae is a desert-dwelling oviparous gecko species found across parts of the Middle East.
Northern Elegant Gecko
Stenodactylus mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850
Stenodactylus mauritanicus is a species of gecko found in Northern Africa.
Eastern Sand Gecko
Stenodactylus leptocosymbotes Leviton & Anderson, 1967
Stenodactylus leptocosymbotes, the eastern sand gecko, is a Gekkonidae lizard species found in the Middle East.
Bradfield's Namib Day Gecko
Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935
Rhoptropus bradfieldi is an endemic Namibian Namib Desert gecko with adhesive feet and a diurnal climbing crevice-dwelling lifestyle.
Barnard's Namib Day Gecko
Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926
Rhoptropus barnardi is the smallest species in its genus, found in savanna and rocky areas of Angola and Namibia.
Common Namib Day Gecko
Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869
Rhoptropus afer, the Namib day gecko, is a diurnal desert gecko native to southwestern Africa.
Boulton's Namib Day Gecko
Rhoptropus boultoni Schmidt, 1933
Rhoptropus boultoni is an oviparous lizard species found in southern Africa that lives in rocky savanna habitats.
Common Barking Gecko
Ptenopus garrulus (Smith, 1849)
Ptenopus garrulus is a small scaled lizard found across southern Africa in deserts, shrublands, and savannas, that is oviparous.
Modest Day Gecko
Phelsuma modesta Mertens, 1970
Phelsuma modesta, the modest day gecko, is a species of gecko that lives in Madagascar.
La Digue Day Gecko
Phelsuma sundbergi Rendahl, 1939
Phelsuma sundbergi, the Seychelles giant day gecko, is an endemic oviparous lizard from the Seychelles.
Banded Day Gecko
Phelsuma standingi Methuen & Hewitt, 1913
Phelsuma standingi is a large sexually dimorphic day gecko endemic to arid southwest Madagascar's thorn forests.
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