Added 19 September 2001. Last updated 24 April 2024: added a link to Saurodactylus.
Under the classification of geckos used until recently, Sphaerodactylinae were considered to include just five New World genera, although many authorities did not in fact recognise the subfamily and considered these geckos to be part of the Gekkoninae instead. More recently the new classification of geckos has not only raised these geckos to a full family but also added several other genera to them from the Family Gekkonidae, from both the Old and New Worlds.
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Distribution |
# of Species |
Notes |
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Caribbean Geckos, Croaking Geckos |
Mainly Caribbean, also South and Central America |
8 |
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Chatogekko |
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NE South America inc. Brazil |
1 |
Formerly assigned to Coleodactylus. |
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South America, mainly Brazil |
5 |
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European Leaf-Toed Geckos |
Western Mediterranean |
1 |
Formerly part of the genus Phyllodactylus. |
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North, Central and South America and the Caribbean |
29 |
May also be considered members of Cyrtodactylus or Cyrtopodion |
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Central America and N South America as far as Brazil |
17 |
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Pristurus |
Rock Geckos |
Mainly Arabia and Socotra Island (Red Sea), also Middle East and Horn of Africa |
21 |
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Barking Geckos |
South America from Colombia to Brazil |
7 |
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Atlas Day Geckos |
North Africa |
2 |
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Lizard-Fingered Geckos |
N Africa |
2 |
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Caribbean and adjacent mainland areas of the Americas |
70 |
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Wonder Geckos* |
C Asia |
6 |
Fascinating but fairly demanding creatures in captivity. At one point placed in their own subfamily, the Teratoscincinae. |
Lizards of the World, Mattison
Breeding and Keeping Geckos, Coborn, TFH 1995 - a particularly valuable book for lesser known geckos, especially the Diplodactylines.
Keeping and Breeding Lizards, Mattison
Geckos: Keeping and Breeding Them in Captivity, Walls and Walls, TFH 1999.
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