Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: March 2nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Thecadactylus
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Turnip-tailed Geckos
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Amerikanische Rübenschwanzgeckos
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Amerikanske Tykhalegekkoer
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1820 |  |
Thecadactylus Goldfuss (type species: Gekko laevis Daudin 1802) |
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1830 | |
Thecodactylus Wagler [substitute name for Thecadactylus Goldfuss 1820] |
Contents:
3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Mexico, Central America, N. South America, West Indies.
Reported from:
Anguilla
(Anguilla Island),
Antigua & Barbuda
(Antigua,
Barbuda),
Aruba,
Barbados,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Bonaire,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima),
British Virgin Islands
(incl.
Anegada),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Curacao,
Dominica,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe
(Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas],
Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Utila]),
Martinique,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Jalisco,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Yucatan),
Montserrat,
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz
[Isla Grande del Maiz]),
Panama,
Peru.
Saba,
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(Nevis,
Saint Kitts),
Saint Lucia
(incl.
Maria Islands),
Saint Martin,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Sint Eustatius,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita).
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Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum
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Saint Martin Turnip-tailed Gecko
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Saint-Martin-Rübenschwanzgecko
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Saint Martin-tykhalegekko
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2011 | |
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely |
Distribution:
Saint Martin.
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Thecadactylus rapicauda
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Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko, Neotropical Thick-tailed Gecko, Smooth Gecko
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Nördlicher Rübenschwanzgecko
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Nordlig Tykhalegekko
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1782 | |
Gekko rapicauda Houttuyn |
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Thecadactylus rapicaudus Gray 1845 |
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1793 | |
Stellio perfoliatus Schneider [substitute name for Gekko Rapicauda Houttuyn 1782] (Wermuth 1965) |
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1802 | |
Gekko laevis Daudin (status uncertain; Köhler & Vesely 2011) |
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1802 | |
Gekko surinamensis Daudin (Wermuth 1965) |
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1836 | |
Platydactylus theconyx Duméril & Bibron (Wermuth 1965) |
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1854 | |
Pachydactylus tristis Hallowell [1854-55] (status uncertain; Köhler & Vesely 2011) |
Remarks:
Previously included the populations recently described as solimoensis.
Records from Bolivia, Ecuador (see remarks), Peru, and parts of Brazil refer to solimoensis.
Records from Saint Martin refer to oskrobapreinorum.
According to Bergmann & Russell (2007), the species occurs as far south as southern Colombia, however, their distribution map clearly shows that it enters
northwestern Ecuador.
Although included for Jalisco by Cruz-Sáenz, Guerrero, Lazcano & Télles-López (2009), presence in the state is considered undocumented herein, following
Cruz-Sáenz, Muñoz-Nolasco, Mata-Silva, Johnson, García-Padilla & Wilson (2017), who did not list the species for Jalisco.
Presence in Acre and Rondonia is considered questionable, although listed for the states by Costa & Bérnils (2018).
No other sources have been found to confirm this, and the distribution map in
Avila-Pires, Caicedo, Chaves, Cisneros-Heredia, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Lamar, Perez, Porras, Rivas, Solórzano, Sunyer, Wilson & Murphy (2019)
places Acre and Rondonia far outside the range of the species.
Introduced to:
U.S. Virgin Islands
(incl.
St. Croix).
Distribution:
Anguilla
(Anguilla Island),
Antigua & Barbuda
(Antigua,
Barbuda),
Aruba,
Barbados,
Belize,
Bonaire,
Brazil
(Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Roraima),
British Virgin Islands
(incl.
Anegada),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Curacao,
Dominica,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe
(Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas],
Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Utila]),
Martinique,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Yucatan),
Montserrat,
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz
[Isla Grande del Maiz]),
Panama,
Saba,
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(Nevis,
Saint Kitts),
Saint Lucia
(incl.
Maria Islands),
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Sint Eustatius,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita).
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Thecadactylus rapicauda
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Thecadactylus solimoensis
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Southern Turnip-tailed Gecko
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Südlicher Rübenschwanzgecko
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Sydlig Tykhalegekko
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2007 | |
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell |
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amazonas,
Mato Grosso,
Rondonia),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru.
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Thecadactylus solimoensis
© Henrik Bringsøe
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