Sphaerodactylidae

Sphaerodactylidae Temporal range: Eocene - Present [1] ~47–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii )
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Superfamily:	Gekkonoidea
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae Underwood, 1954
Genera
12, see text.

The Sphaerodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The family contains 12 living genera and over 200 living species. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The family name comes from the ball shape of their finger joints.

Genera

The following genera are recognized as valid: ^[5]

List of genera
Genus	Image	Type species	Taxon author	Common name	Species
Aristelliger	A. georgeensis	A. lar Cope, 1862	Cope, 1862	Croaking geckos and Caribbean geckos	9
Chatogekko	C. amazonicus	C. amazonicus (Andersson, 1918)	Gamble, Daza, Colli, Vitt & Bauer, 2011	Brazilian pygmy gecko	1
Coleodactylus	C. natalensis	C. meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888)	Parker, 1926		5
Euleptes	E. europaea	E. europaea (Gené, 1839)	Fitzinger, 1843	European leaf-toed gecko	1
† Geiseleptes [6]		† G.delfinoi Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022	Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022		1
Gonatodes	G. ceciliae	G. albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	Fitzinger, 1843	Dwarf geckos	34
Lepidoblepharis	L. xanthostigma	L. festae Peracca, 1897	Peracca, 1897	Scaly-eyed geckos	21
Pristurus	P. rupestris	P. flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835	Rüppell, 1835	Rock geckos	26
Pseudogonatodes	P. guianensis	P. furvus Ruthven, 1915	Ruthven, 1915	South American clawed geckos	7
Quedenfeldtia	Q. trachyblepharus	Q. trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1873)	Boettger, 1883	Atlas day geckos	2
Saurodactylus	S. brosseti	S. mauritanicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	Fitzinger, 1843	Lizard-fingered geckos	7
Sphaerodactylus	S. fantasticus	S. sputator (Sparrman, 1784)	Wagler, 1830	Sphaeros and least geckos	108
Teratoscincus	T. bedriagai	T. keyserlingii Strauch, 1863	Strauch, 1863	Wonder geckos	9

References

1. Tübingen, Universitaet. "A long history of European geckos". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
2. Gamble, T.; Daza, J.D.D.; Colli, G.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Bauer, A.M. (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (4): 1244–1266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x. PMC   3223738 . PMID   22125341.
3. Gamble, Tony; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd R. (21 August 2007). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards" . Journal of Biogeography. 35: 070821084123003––. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01770.x. S2CID   29974883.
4. 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.
5. "Sphaerodactylidae". Dahms Tierleben
6. Villa, Andrea; Wings, Oliver; Rabi, Márton (2022). Angielczyk, Kenneth (ed.). "A new gecko (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Eocene of Geiseltal (Germany) implies long-term persistence of European Sphaerodactylidae" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 8 (3). Bibcode:2022PPal....8E1434V. doi:10.1002/spp2.1434. ISSN   2056-2799. S2CID   249358350.

Further reading

• Underwood, Garth (2010). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 124 (3): 469–492. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1954.tb07789.x.