Pseudogekko

Pseudogekko compressicorpus

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: Pseudogekko
Species (10): P. atiorum – P. brevipes – P. chavacano – P. compressicorpus – P. ditoy – P. hungkag – P. isapa – P. pungkaypinit – P. smaragdinus – P. sumiklab

Name

Pseudogekko Taylor, 1922: 103

• Type species: Luperosaurus compresicorpus Taylor, 1915, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Bureau of Science Publications no. 17. Bureau of Printing: Manila. 269 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Siler, C.D., Dececchi, T.A., Merkord, C.L., Davis, D.R., Christiani, T.J. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Cryptic diversity and population genetic structure in the rare, endemic, forest-obligate, slender geckos of the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70: 204–209. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.014 Reference page. 
• Siler, C.D., Welton, L.J., Davis, D.R., Watters, J.L., Davey, C.S., Diesmos, A.C., Diesmos, M.L. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the Pseudogekko compresicorpus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with descriptions of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 28(1): 110–139. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-14-00005 Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R., Watters, J.L., Köhler, G., Whitsett, C., Huron, N.A., Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Siler, C.D. 2015. Redescription of the rare Philippine false gecko Pseudogekko brevipes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of a new species. Zootaxa 4020(2): 357–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.7. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Siler, C.D., Davis, D.R., Diesmos, A.C., Guinto, F., Whitsett, C. & Brown, R.M. 2016. A new species of Pseudogekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Romblon Island Group, Central Philippines. Zootaxa 4139(2): 248–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.8. Reference page. 
• Siler, C.D., Davis, D.R., Watters, J.L., Freitas, E.S., Griffith, O.W., Binaday, J.W.B., Lobos, A.H.T., Amarga, A.K.S. & Brown, R.M. 2017. First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species. Herpetologica 73(2): 162–175. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074 Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Meneses, C.G., Wood Jr., P.L., Fernandez, J.B., Cuesta, M.A., Clores, M.A., Tracy, C., Buehler, M.D. & Siler, C.D. 2020. Unexpected Discovery of Another New Species of Philippine False Gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island. Herpetologica 76(3): 315–329. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-19-00029.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pseudogekko . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 July 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Smooth-scaled Geckos