Gekko (Gekko)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Gekko)
Species (8): G. (G.) albofasciolatus – G. (G.) gecko – G. (G.) nutaphandi – G. (G.) reevesii – G. (G.) siamensis – G. (G.) shiva – G. (G.) smithii – G. (G.) verreauxi

Name

Gekko (Gekko) Laurenti, 1768

• Type species: Gekko verticillatus Laurenti, 1768, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wood Jr., P.L., Guo, X.-G., Travers, S.L., Su, Y.-C., Olson, K.V., Bauer, A.M., Grismer, L.L., Siler, C.D., Moyle, R.G., Andersen, M.J. & Brown, R.M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106731 Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Meesook, W., Donbundit, N., Jindamad, T., Topai, N. & Sumontha, M. 2025. Gekko (Gekko) shiva, a new limestone-dwelling gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 5588(2): 305–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.6 Reference page.