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GECKOS - FAMILY: Gekkonidae LIST
Post by admin on Feb 1, 2007, 5:50pm

The Gecko Family consists of:

3 subfamilies, 80 genera and about 600 species.


Subfamily Aeluroscalabotinae - Aeluroscalabotes


Subfamily: Eublepharinae

Banded Desert Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus

Leopard Gecko - Eublepharis macularius


Subfamily Diplodactylinae

Rhacodactylus ( Crested, gargoyles,etc) Bavayia, Underwoodsaurius, Nephrurus, Naultinus, Hoplodactylus


Subfamily: Gekkoninae


Bibron's Gecko - Pachydactylus bibronis

Brook's Gecko - Hemidactylus brooki

Day Geckos - Phelsuma (28 species)

Gold Dust Day Gecko - Phelsuma laticauda

Madagascar Day Gecko
- Phelsuma madagascariensis
Striped Day Gecko
- Phelsuma lineata
- Phelsuma standingi
- Phelsuma cepediana

Disc-tailed Gecko - Lygodactylus picturatus

European Leaf-toed Gecko
- Phyllodactylus europaeus

Fan-fingered Gecko
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

House Gecko - Hemidactylus frenatus

Kuhl's Gecko or Flying Gecko
- Ptychozoon kuhli

Moorish Gecko or Wall Gecko
- Tarentola mauritanica

Naked-fingered Gecko
- Gymnodactylus kotschyi

Tokay Gecko - Gekko gecko

Turkish Gecko - Hemidactylus turcicus

Subfamily: Sphaerodactylinea

Striped Leaf Gecko - Gonatodes vittatus

Subfamily Teratoscincinae - Teratoscincus (Frog-eyed Geckos)

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Geckos are found worldwide in all the warmer regions. What distinguishes them as a family is that they have the ability to produce sounds. Some make high pitched calls, some sound like ducks, and others like barking dogs.

Most geckos have fused eyelids (like snakes) and they lick them with their protrusible notched tongue to clean them. 75% of them are nocturnal so their pupils are narrow and vertical to block out light. The rest have round pupils.

They all have flattened bodies, short necks and wide flat heads. The digits of their feet (kind of like toes) are adhesive because they have rows of tiny hooked bristles which allow them to climb straight up walls and across ceilings.

Geckos are generally hardy and fairly easy to maintain in captivity. Many will also breed easily in captivity.

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Species of Day Gecko

LATIN NAME / COMMON NAME


abbotti - Aldabra Island day gecko

a. sumptio - Asumption Island day gecko

andamanensis - Andaman Islands day gecko

antanosy - none

astriata - Seychelles Small day gecko

a. astovei - none

a. carinata - none

a. semicarinata - none

barbouri - Barbour's day gecko

berghofi - none

beufotakensis - Northwestern day gecko

borbonica - Réunion Island day gecko

b. agalagae - Agalega Island day gecko

b. (agalagae) mater - none

breviceps - none

cepediana - Blue-tailed day gecko

chekei - Northern day gecko

comorensis - Comoro day gecko

dubia - Dull day gecko

flavigularis - Yellow-throated day gecko

guntheri - Round Island day gecko

guimbeaui - Mauritius Lowland Forest day gecko

g. rosagularis - Mauritius Upland Forrest day gecko

guttata - Coppery day gecko

heilscheri - none

inexpectata - Réunion Island Ornate day gecko

Kely - none

klemmeri - Yellow-headed or Neon day gecko

laticauda - Gold Dust day gecko

l. angularis - Angulated Gold Dust day gecko

lineata - Lined day gecko

l. bombetokensis - none

l. chloroscelis - none

l. bifasciata - none

l. dorsivittata - none

l. elanthana - none

l. punctulata - none

longinsulae - none

l. menaiensis - none

l. pulchra - none

l. rubra - none

l. umbrae - none

madagascariensis - Madagascar day gecko

m. boehme - Boehme's day gecko

m. grandis - Madagascar Giant day gecko

m. kochi - Koch's day gecko

malamakibo - none

masohoala - none

minuthi - Borner's day gecko

modesta - Modest day gecko

m. isakae - none

m. leiogaster - none

mutabilis - Thicktail day gecko

m. breviceps - none

nigristriata - Island day gecko

ocellata - Ocellated day gecko

ornata - Mauritius Ornate day gecko

o. inexpectata - Reunion Island Ornate day gecko

parkeri - Pemba Island day gecko

pusilla - none

p. hallmanni - Hallmann's day gecko

quadriocellata - Four Spot or Peacock day gecko

q. lepida - none

q. parva - Small Peacock day gecko

q. bimaculata - none

robertmertensi - Robert Merten's day gecko

seippi - Seipp's day gecko

serraticauda - Flat-tailed day gecko

standingi - Standing's day gecko

sundbergi - Seychelles Giant day gecko

s. ladiguensis - La Digue day gecko

s. longisulae - Mahe day gecko

trilineata - Three Lined day gecko

vanheygeni - none

v-nigra - Indian day gecko

v. anjouanensis - Anjouan Island day gecko

v. comoraegrandensis - Grand Comoro day gecko

v. pasteuri - Pasteur's day gecko


Reference and source:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles....lies.php#agamid

Other References:

http://whozoo.org/Intro98/chriskel/chrikelt23.htm
http://www.daygecko.com/html/phelsuma_list.html
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html

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