Eublepharidae

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Eublepharidae
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Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Superfamily: Gekkonoidea
Family: Eublepharidae
Boulenger, 1883
Genera

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The Eublepharidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 43 described species in 6 genera. They occur in Asia, Africa, North America, and Central America. [1] [2] [3] [4] Eublepharid geckos lack adhesive toepads and, unlike other geckos, have movable eyelids, thus commonly called eyelid geckos. Like other members of Gekkota, the Eublepharidae exhibits tail autotomy due to the fracture planes near their vent. A new tail will then grow in its place, usually lacking the original color and texture. The muscles in the old tail will continue to flex for up to 30 minutes after the drop to distract predators. [5] Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) and African fat-tailed geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) are popular pet lizards.

Genera

The following genera are considered members of the Eublepharidae:

GenusImageType speciesTaxon authorCommon nameSpecies
Aeluroscalabotes Aeluroscalabotes felinus2.jpg
A. felinus
A. felinus (Günther, 1864) Boulenger, 1885Cat gecko1
Coleonyx Coleonyx variegatus by Marshal Hedin.jpg
C. variegatus
C. elegans Gray, 1845Gray, 1845Banded geckos9
Eublepharis Eublepharis macularius1.jpg
E. macularius
E. hardwickii Gray, 1827Gray, 1827Leopard geckos7
Goniurosaurus GoniurosaurusAT.JPG
G. kuroiwae
G. hainanensis Barbour, 1908Barbour, 1908Ground and cave geckos26
Hemitheconyx Hemitheconyx caudicinctus.jpg
H. caudicinctus
H. caudicinctus (Duméril, 1851) Stejneger, 1893Fat-tailed geckos2
Holodactylus 11-05-06 weibchen holodactylus tisch.jpg
H. africanus
H. africanus Boettger, 1893Boettger, 1893Clawed geckos2

References

  1. Grismer, L.L. 1988. Phylogeny, taxonomy, classification, and biogeography of eublepharid geckos. In: Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families (R. Estes & G. Pregill, eds), pp. 369–469. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA.
  2. Gamble, Tony; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd R.; Russell, Anthony P.; Bauer, Aaron M. (June 27, 2012). "Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos". PLOS ONE. 7 (6): e39429. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739429G. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039429 . PMC   3384654 . PMID   22761794.
  3. Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Colli, G.R.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Simons, A.M. (February 2011). "Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24 (2): 231–244. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02184.x. PMC   3075428 . PMID   21126276.
  4. Gamble, T.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M. (August 2015). "Into the light: Diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115 (4): 896–910. doi: 10.1111/bij.12536 .
  5. Cohn, Jeffrey P. (2009). "Tail loss in lizards". BioScience. 59 (8): 728. doi:10.1525/bio.2009.59.8.23. S2CID   84194254.