Gekkonidae

Gekko gecko

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genera (77): Afroedura – Afrogecko – Agamura – Ailuronyx – Alsophylax – Altiphylax – Bauerius – Blaesodactylus – Briba – Bunopus – Calodactylodes – Carinatogecko – Chondrodactylus – Christinus – Cnemaspis – Crossobamon – Cryptactites – Cyrtodactylus – Cyrtopodion – Dixonius – Dravidogecko – Ebenavia – Geckolepis – Geckonia – Gehyra – Gekko – Goggia – Gonatodes – Hemidactylus – Hemiphyllodactylus – Heteronotia – Homopholis – Lepidodactylus – Luperosaurus – Lygodactylus – Matoatoa – Microgekko – Microscalabotes – Nactus – Narudasia – Pachydactylus – Paragehyra – Paroedura – Parsigecko – Perochirus – Phelsuma – Pseudogekko – Ptenopus – Ptychozoon – Rhoptropus – Stenodactylus – Tenuidactylus – Tropiocolotes – Urocotyledon – Uroplatus – †Cretaceogekko – †Yantarogekko

Name

Gekkonidae Gray, 1825

References

Additional references

• Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of Cirripedes arranged in natural families, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy new series 10: 97–107. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. & Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page. 
• Han, D.-M., Zhou, K.-Y. & Bauer, A.M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M.; Böhme, W.; Weitschat, W. 2005: An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion. Journal of zoology (London), 265: 327–332. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006259
• Arnold, E.N.; Poinar, G. 2008: A 100 million year old gecko with sophisticated adhesive toe pads, preserved in amber from Myanmar. Zootaxa, 1847: 62–68. Abstract & excerpt
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Masroor, R., Titus-McQuillan, J., Heinicke, M.P., Daza, J.D., Jackman, T.R. 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.1 Reference page. 
• Safei-Mahroo, B., Ghaffari, H. & Anderson, S.C. 2016. A new genus and species of gekkonid lizard (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province with a revised key to gekkonid genera of Iran. Zootaxa 4109(4): 428–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.2.Reference page. 
• Barrio-Amorós, C.L. & Ortiz, J.C. 2016. Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4136(3): 537–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.6 Reference page. 
• Esmaeili-Rineh, S., Akmali, V., Fathipour, F., Heidari, N. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2016. New distribution records of cave-dwelling gekkonid lizards (Sauria, Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Subterranean Biology, 18: 39–47. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.18.8185 Reference page. 
• Gholamifard, A., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Khosravani, A., Yousefkhani, S.S.H. & Oraei, H. 2016. A new species of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southern Iran. Zootaxa 4093(1): 26–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.2. Reference page. 
• Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Vaz Pinto, P., Keates, C., Edwards, S., Plessis, A. & Branch, W.R. 2022. Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola. Zootaxa 5124(4): 401–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.1 Reference page. 
• Rösler, H., Grismer, L.L., Ineich, I. & Kaiser, H. 2019. The purportedly Indo-Australian gecko species Cnemaspis timoriensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) is actually the first named species of the neotropical genus Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4576(3): 483–509. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Геконавыя
বাংলা: গেকোনিডি
čeština: Gekonovití
English: Gecko
magyar: Gekkófélék
հայերեն: Գեկոններ
日本語: ヤモリ科
македонски: Гекони
polski: Gekonowate
ไทย: จิ้งจก, ตุ๊กแก
Türkçe: Sakangurgiller
українська: Геконові
中文: 壁虎科

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