Taxonomy: families
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Lizards (Sauria)

   Genera


Aristelliger
Croaking Geckos


Chatogekko
Pug-nosed Dwarf Gecko


Coleodactylus
Sheath-toed Pygmy Geckos


Euleptes
Mediterranean Leaf-toed Gecko


Gonatodes
American Padless Geckos


Lepidoblepharis
Scaly-eyed Geckos


Pristurus
Semaphore Geckos


Pseudogonatodes
South American Pygmy Geckos


Quedenfeldtia
Moroccan Day Geckos


Saurodactylus
Lizard-toed Geckos


Sphaerodactylus
Least Geckos


Teratoscincus
Plate-tailed Geckos


Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Biodiversity of the family Sphaerodactylidae Bibliography of the family Sphaerodactylidae

Sphaerodactylidae

Least Geckos, etc.
Kugelfingergeckos u.a.     Nymfegekkoer m.fl.




Contents: Endemicity:
12 genera of which none are endemic  0% 100%
231 species of which 169 (73.2%) are endemic  0% 100%

Remarks: The species and genera of this family were previously included in the family Gekkonidae (e.g., Wermuth 1965; Goin, Goin & Zug 1978). Now considered a separate family (e.g., Henderson & Powell 2009; Vitt & Caldwell 2014).

Distribution:  S. Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies, NW. and E. Africa, Middle East, Central Asia.

Reported from:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Navassa, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sint Eustatius, Somalia, Sudan, Surinam, Tajikistan, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen.