Family

Gekkonidae

141 species · Animals

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Fragile Thick-toed gecko

Pachydactylus kladaroderma Branch, Bauer & Good, 1996

Pachydactylus kladaroderma is a dull brown gecko species endemic to specific mountain regions of South Africa.

Southern Cape York Nactus

Nactus cheverti (Boulenger, 1885)

Nactus cheverti is an oviparous gecko species endemic to Queensland, Australia, that prefers forest habitat.

Kotschy's Gecko

Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870)

Mediodactylus kotschyi, Kotschy's gecko, is a small slender gecko native to coastal Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.

Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko

Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)

Mediodactylus russowii is an Asian oviparous gekkonid lizard native to parts of Central and Western Asia.

Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko

Mediodactylus heterocercus (Blanford, 1874)

Asia Minor thin-toed gecko is a Gekkonidae lizard species found in parts of Western Asia.

Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko

Mediodactylus danilewskii (Strauch, 1887)

Mediterranean thin-toed gecko Mediodactylus danilewskii is a Gekkonidae lizard found in southeastern Europe and Turkey, sometimes treated as a Kotschy's gecko subspecies.

Eastern Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko

Mediodactylus orientalis (Stepánek, 1937)

Mediodactylus orientalis is an oviparous gekkonid lizard sometimes treated as a subspecies of Kotschy's gecko, found in Lebanon and Jordan.

Painted Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus picturatus (Peters, 1870)

Lygodactylus picturatus is a widely distributed African Lygodactylus gecko with one recognized non-nominate subspecies.

Kluge's Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus klugei (Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977)

Lygodactylus klugei, Kluge's dwarf gecko, is an oviparous gecko native to savanna habitats in northeastern Brazil.

Chobe Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimons, 1932

Lygodactylus chobiensis, the Okavango dwarf gecko, is an arboreal small gecko found in southern African tropical grasslands and savannas.

Bradfield's Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932

Lygodactylus bradfieldi is a small oviparous lizard native to parts of southern Africa that lives in deserts and savannas.

Common Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus capensis (Smith, 1849)

Lygodactylus capensis is a small gecko with a unique adhesive tail, found across much of southern and eastern Africa.

Angulate dwarf gecko

Lygodactylus angularis Günther, 1893

The angulated dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus angularis) is a gecko species native to southern Zaire and Tanzania, with two subspecies.

Mourning Gecko

Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Lepidodactylus lugubris is an almost entirely parthenogenetic nocturnal gecko widespread across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko

Homopholis walbergii (Smith, 1849)

Wahlberg's velvet gecko is a velvet-skinned gecko endemic to southern African bushveld and savanna habitats.

Common Prickly Gecko

Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845)

Heteronotia binoei, or Bynoe's gecko, is an Australian endemic gecko with both sexual and parthenogenetic populations.

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860

Hemiphyllodactylus typus, the Indopacific tree gecko, is a gecko species native across Asia and Pacific/Indian islands, introduced to Japan and Hawaii.