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


Taxonomy of the family Sphaerodactylidae
Bibliography of the genus Teratoscincus
Biodiversity of the family Sphaerodactylidae








Genus
Teratoscincus

Plate-tailed Geckos, Skink Geckos, Wonder Geckos, Frog-eyed Gecko

Platenschwanzgeckos, Wundergeckos

Pladehalegekkoer, Vidundergekkoer

1863 Teratoscincus Strauch (type species: Teratoscincus keyzerlingii [sic] Strauch 1863)
Contents: 9 species, of which 3 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Middle East, C. Asia.
Reported from: Afghanistan, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

Teratoscincus bedriagai

Persian Plate-tailed Gecko, (Bedriaga's Skink Gecko)

Persischer Platenschwanzgecko

Persisk Pladehalegekko

1899 Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky

Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran.


Teratoscincus keyserlingii

Southwestern Plate-tailed Gecko

Südwestlicher Platenschwanzgecko

Sydvestlig Pladehalegekko

1863 Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch
Teratoscincus scincus keyzerlingii [sic] Terentjev & Chernov 1949

Remarks: Revalidated as a separate species by Macey, Fong, Kuehl, Shafiei, Ananjeva, Papenfuss & Boore (2005). Reported from Oman by some authors (e.g., Macey, Ananjeva, Wang & Papenfuss 1997; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008), however, the species was not included by Gardner (2013) or by Carranza, Els & Burriel-Carranza (2021). Although reported from Qatar by several authors (e.g., Szczerbak & Golubev 1996; Macey, Ananjeva, Yuezhao & Papenfuss 1997; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008), it has not been confirmed from the country (Gardner 2013; Zwanzig & Grossmann 2015).
Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates.


Teratoscincus mesriensis

Isfahan Plate-tailed Gecko

Isfahan-Platenschwanzgecko

Isfahan-pladehalegekko

2017 Teratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani

Distribution: Iran.


Teratoscincus microlepis

Balochistan Plate-tailed Gecko, Baluch Plate-tailed Gecko, Baluch Sand gecko, Lesser Plate-tailed Gecko, Small-scaled Skink Gecko, Small-scaled Wonder Gecko

Belutschistan-Platenschwanzgecko

Balochistan-pladehalegekko

1899 Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky

Remarks: Although reported from India (Murthy 1994), there are no confirmed records from the country (Venugopal 2010).
Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan.


Teratoscincus przewalskii

Mongolian Plate-tailed Gecko, (Przewalski's Plate-tailed Gecko, Przewalski's Skink Gecko)

Mongolischer Platenschwanzgecko

Mongolsk Pladehalegekko

1887 Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch

Distribution: China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Mongolia.


Teratoscincus roborowskii

Chinese Plate-tailed Gecko, Turpan Wonder Gecko, (Chinese Cat Gecko)

Chinesischer Platenschwanzgecko

Kinesisk Pladehalegekko

1906 Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of scincus (e.g., Pope 1935; Wermuth 1965; Zhao & Adler 1993). Now regarded as a separate species (e.g., Wai 1994; Leptien & Lui 1997; Macey, Ananjeva, Yuezhao & Papenfuss 1997; Macey, Fong, Kuehl, Shafiei, Ananjeva, Papenfuss & Boore 2005).
Distribution: China (Xinjiang).


Teratoscincus rustamowi

Uzbek Plate-tailed Gecko, (Rustamov's Skink Gecko)

Usbekischer Platenschwanzgecko

Usbekisk Pladehalegekko

1979 Teratoscincus scincus rustamowi Szczerbak
Teratoscincus rustamowi Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani 2017

Distribution: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.


Teratoscincus scincus

Central Asian Plate-tailed Gecko, Turkestan Plate-tailed Gecko, Common Skink Gecko, Common Wonder Gecko, (Turkish Sand Gecko)

Zentralasiatischer Platenschwanzgecko

Centralasiatisk Pladehalegekko

1858 Stenodactylus scincus Schlegel
Teratoscincus scincus Boulenger 1885
1896 Teratoscincus zarudnyi Nikolsky (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996)
1989 Teratoscincus toksunicus Wang, Fan, Zhi, Ar, Li & Chen (Kluge 2001)

Remarks: Previously included keyserlingii and rustamowi. Records from the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, and parts of Iran and Afghanistan refer to keyserlingii. Taxonomic status of toksunicus is uncertain. It was regarded as a synonym of scincus by Kluge (2001). Not mentioned by Kluge (1993), Zhao & Adler (1993), Macey, Wang, Ananjeva, Larson & Papenfuss (1999), or Macey, Fong, Kuehl, Shafiei, Ananjeva, Papenfuss & Boore (2005), but regarded as a valid species by some authors (e.g., Zhao, Chang, Zhao & Adler 2000).
Distribution: Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.


Teratoscincus scincus
© Rune Midtgaard

Teratoscincus sistanensis

Sistan Plate-tailed Gecko

Sistan-Platenschwanzgecko

Sistan-pladehalegekko

2017 Teratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi
Teratoscincus sistanensis Midtgaard 2019

Remarks: The grammatical gender of the original specific epithet, sistanense, was corrected from neuter to masculine, sistanensis, to comply with Latin grammar, since Teratoscincus is masculine (Midtgaard 2019).
Distribution: Iran.