Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Eublepharidae Bibliography of the genus Heloderma Biodiversity of the family Eublepharidae Genus Hemitheconyx African Fat-tailed Geckos Afrikanische Fettschwanzgeckos Afrikanske Fedthalegekkoer 1864 Psilodactylus Gray [not Psilodactylus Oken 1816 (Mammalia)] (type species: Stenodactylus caudi-cinctus Dumeril 1851) 1893 Hemitheconyx Stejneger [substitute name for Psilodactylus Gray 1864] Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo. Hemitheconyx caudicinctus West African Fat-tailed Gecko Westafrikanischer Fettschwanzgecko Vestafrikansk Fedthalegekko, Vestafrikansk Tykhalegekko 1851 Stenodactylus caudi-cinctus Dumeril Psilodactylus caudicinctus Boulenger 1885 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus Stejneger 1893 Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo. Hemitheconyx taylori East African Fat-tailed Gecko, (Taylor's Fat-tailed Gecko) Ostafrikanischer Fettschwanzgecko Østafrikansk Fedthalegekko 1930 Hemitheconyx taylori Parker Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia.