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Gekkonidae

June 09, 2023

Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Gekkonidae contain many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (Hemidactylus), the tokay gecko (Gekko), day geckos (Phelsuma), the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus), and dtellas (Gehyra). Gekkonid geckos occur globally and are particularly diverse in tropical areas.

Gekkonidae
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Gekkonoidea
Family: Gekkonidae
Gray, 1825
Subfamilies

The genus Hemidactylus is one of the most species-rich and widely distributed of all reptile genera.[7]

Fossils

The family Gekkonidae is a member of the infraorder Gekkota, which seems to have first emerged during the Jurassic period (201-145 million years ago). Eichstaettisaurus schroederi is recognized as one of the earliest examples of an ancestral gecko species. Members of the genus Eichstaettisaurus display morphological adaptations associated with climbing. Eichstaettisaurus has been ranked as a stem gekkotan, but its true taxonomic rank is unclear.[8]

The species Hoburogekko suchanovi and Gobekko cretacicus, dated to the Albian-Aptian ages (121-100 million years ago) ages of the Cretaceous period, are unquestionably members of Gekkota. They are thought to be members of the Gekkonidae, as well, but their taxonomic rank is uncertain due to the incompleteness of the fossil remains.[9]

Yantarogekko balticus is the earliest known gekkonid gecko. Y. balticus was discovered in Baltic amber dated to the Eocene epoch (56-33.9 million years ago).[9] This species was small, measuring only 20–22 mm from snout to vent. Y. balticus has enlarged, undivided scansorial pads and a reduced but strongly clawed first digit, and lacks movable eyelids. Together, these morphological traits are distinctive of the family Gekkonidae, and also indicate that Y. balticus may have had adhesive abilities similar to modern geckos.

Distribution

Species within the Gekkonidae inhabit every warm region. Furthermore, many genera are capable of widespread geographical habitation, and can be considered invasive in some areas; the genus Hemidactylus can be identified in all subtropical areas of the world.[10][7][11] However, many genera in the family Gekkonidae are endemic. For example, genera Afroedura and Afrogecko are found only in Africa.[12][13] The range of genus Lepidodactylus stretches from South Asia to Oceania; this genus also accounts for several island species.[14] The genera listed here do not account for all Gekkonidae subspecies and are used only as examples of distribution. For a full list, see section 'Genera'.[15][16][17]

Genera

Gekkonidae contains these genera:

Possibly belonging to the family:

†Yantarogekko (fossil)

Phylogeny

Pyron, et al. (2013)[18] presents the following classification of Gekkonidae genera, based on molecular phylogenetics.

References

  1. ^ 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: 070821084123003––. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01770.x. S2CID 29974883.
  2. ^ Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R. (July 2008). "Out of the blue: A novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 355–366. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00330.x. S2CID 83706826.
  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, 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.
  5. ^ Han, D.; Zhou, K.; Bauer, A.M. (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from c-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83 (3): 353–368. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Carranza, S., and E. Arnold. "Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Hemidactylus Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) Elucidated Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 38, no. 2, Elsevier Inc, 2006, pp. 531–45, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.012.
  8. ^ Simões, Tiago R.; Caldwell, Michael W.; Nydam, Randall L.; Jiménez-Huidobro, Paulina (September 2016). "Osteology, phylogeny, and functional morphology of two Jurassic lizard species and the early evolution of scansoriality in geckoes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/zoj.12487.
  9. ^ a b Bauer, Aaron (28 Feb 2006). "An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion". Journal of Zoology. 265 (4): 327–332. doi:10.1017/S0952836904006259. Retrieved 22 Jul 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Rödder, Dennis; Lötters, Stefan (2009). "Niche shift versus niche conservatism? Climatic characteristics of the native and invasive ranges of the Mediterranean house gecko ( Hemidactylus turcicus )". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 18 (6): 674–687. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00477.x.
  11. ^ "Hemidactylus at The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Branch, William; Schmitz; Lobón-Rovira; Baptista; António; Conradie (12 January 2021). "Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola". Zoosystematics and Evolution. Retrieved 21 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Afrogecko porphyreus (DAUDIN, 1802)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database. 21 Jul 2022. Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Hosseinzadeh, Mahboubeh Sadat; Fois, Mauro; Zangi, Bahman; Kazemi, Seyed Mahdi (2020-12-01). "Predicting past, current and future habitat suitability and geographic distribution of the Iranian endemic species Microgecko latifi (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Journal of Arid Environments. 183: 104283. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104283. ISSN 0140-1963.
  16. ^ Davis, Hayden R.; Chan, Kin Onn; Das, Indraneil; Brennan, Ian G.; Karin, Benjamin R.; Jackman, Todd R.; Brown, Rafe M.; Iskandar, Djoko T.; Nashriq, Izneil; Grismer, L. Lee; Bauer, Aaron M. (2020-06-01). "Multilocus phylogeny of Bornean Bent-Toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) reveals hidden diversity, taxonomic disarray, and novel biogeographic patterns". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 147: 106785. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106785. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 32135306.
  17. ^ Nania, Dario; Flecks, Morris; Rödder, Dennis (2020-07-06). "Continuous expansion of the geographic range linked to realized niche expansion in the invasive Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)". PLOS ONE. 15 (7): e0235060. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235060. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7337341. PMID 32628687. S2CID 220386935.
  18. ^ Pyron, R Alexander, Frank T Burbrink and John J Wiens. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013 13:93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93
 
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Gekkonidae the common geckos is the largest family of geckos containing over 950 described species in 64 genera 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Gekkonidae contain many of the most widespread gecko species including house geckos Hemidactylus the tokay gecko Gekko day geckos Phelsuma the mourning gecko Lepidodactylus and dtellas Gehyra Gekkonid geckos occur globally and are particularly diverse in tropical areas GekkonidaeTemporal range Eocene RecentTokay gecko Gekko gecko Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataSuperfamily GekkonoideaFamily GekkonidaeGray 1825SubfamiliesUroplatinae GekkoninaeThe genus Hemidactylus is one of the most species rich and widely distributed of all reptile genera 7 Contents 1 Fossils 2 Distribution 3 Genera 4 Phylogeny 5 ReferencesFossils EditThe family Gekkonidae is a member of the infraorder Gekkota which seems to have first emerged during the Jurassic period 201 145 million years ago Eichstaettisaurus schroederi is recognized as one of the earliest examples of an ancestral gecko species Members of the genus Eichstaettisaurus display morphological adaptations associated with climbing Eichstaettisaurus has been ranked as a stem gekkotan but its true taxonomic rank is unclear 8 The species Hoburogekko suchanovi and Gobekko cretacicus dated to the Albian Aptian ages 121 100 million years ago ages of the Cretaceous period are unquestionably members of Gekkota They are thought to be members of the Gekkonidae as well but their taxonomic rank is uncertain due to the incompleteness of the fossil remains 9 Yantarogekko balticus is the earliest known gekkonid gecko Y balticus was discovered in Baltic amber dated to the Eocene epoch 56 33 9 million years ago 9 This species was small measuring only 20 22 mm from snout to vent Y balticus has enlarged undivided scansorial pads and a reduced but strongly clawed first digit and lacks movable eyelids Together these morphological traits are distinctive of the family Gekkonidae and also indicate that Y balticus may have had adhesive abilities similar to modern geckos Distribution EditSpecies within the Gekkonidae inhabit every warm region Furthermore many genera are capable of widespread geographical habitation and can be considered invasive in some areas the genus Hemidactylus can be identified in all subtropical areas of the world 10 7 11 However many genera in the family Gekkonidae are endemic For example genera Afroedura and Afrogecko are found only in Africa 12 13 The range of genus Lepidodactylus stretches from South Asia to Oceania this genus also accounts for several island species 14 The genera listed here do not account for all Gekkonidae subspecies and are used only as examples of distribution For a full list see section Genera 15 16 17 Genera EditGekkonidae contains these genera Afroedura 34 species Afrogecko 1 species Agamura 3 species Ailuronyx 3 species Alsophylax 6 species Altiphylax 5 species Ancylodactylus 19 species Bauerius 1 species Blaesodactylus 6 species Bunopus 3 species Calodactylodes 2 species Cadurcogekko 2 species Chondrodactylus 6 species Christinus 3 species Cnemaspis 200 species Crossobamon 2 species Cryptactites Peringuey s leaf toed gecko Cyrtodactylus 346 species Cyrtopodion 24 species Dixonius 13 species Dravidogecko 7 species Ebenavia 6 species Elasmodactylus 2 species Geckolepis 5 species Gehyra 68 species Gekko 86 species Goggia 10 species Hemidactylus 190 species Hemiphyllodactylus 51 species Heteronotia 5 species Homopholis 4 species Kolekanos 2 species Lakigecko 1 species Lepidodactylus 44 species Luperosaurus 8 species Lygodactylus 81 species Matoatoa 2 species Mediodactylus 17 species Microgecko 8 species Nactus 35 species Narudasia festive gecko Pachydactylus 57 species Paragehyra 4 species Paroedura 22 species Madagascar ground geckos Parsigecko Ziaie s Pars gecko Perochirus 3 species Phelsuma 53 species Pseudoceramodactylus Gulf short fingered gecko Pseudogekko 10 species Ptenopus 3 species Ptychozoon 13 species Ramigekko Swartberg African leaf toed gecko Rhinogekko 2 species Rhoptropella Namaqua day gecko Rhoptropus 7 species Stenodactylus 11 species Tenuidactylus 8 species Trachydactylus 2 species Trigonodactylus 3 species Tropiocolotes 15 species Urocotyledon 6 species Uroplatus 19 species Possibly belonging to the family Yantarogekko fossil Phylogeny EditPyron et al 2013 18 presents the following classification of Gekkonidae genera based on molecular phylogenetics Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus Pseudogekko Luperosaurus Gekko Dixonius Heteronotia Nactus Hemiphyllodactylus GehyraAlsophylax Tropiocolotes Cnemaspis Mediodactylus Pseudoceramodactylus Tropiocolotes Stenodactylus Bunopus Crossobamon Agamura Cyrtopodion Cyrtodactylus HemidactylusPerochirus Urocotyledon Ebenavia Paroedura Ailuronyx Calodactylodes Ptenopus Narudasia Cnemaspis Uroplatus Paragehyra Christinus Afrogecko Cryptactites Matoatoa Afroedura Geckolepis Homopholis Blaesodactylus Goggia Rhoptropus Elasmodactylus Chondrodactylus Colopus Pachydactylus Cnemaspis Rhoptropella Lygodactylus PhelsumaReferences Edit 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 070821084123003 doi 10 1111 j 1365 2699 2007 01770 x S2CID 29974883 Gamble T Bauer A M Greenbaum E Jackman T R July 2008 Out of the blue A novel trans Atlantic clade of geckos Gekkota Squamata Zoologica Scripta 37 4 355 366 doi 10 1111 j 1463 6409 2008 00330 x S2CID 83706826 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 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 Han D Zhou K Bauer A M 2004 Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from c mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83 3 353 368 doi 10 1111 j 1095 8312 2004 00393 x 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 a b Carranza S and E Arnold Systematics Biogeography and Evolution of Hemidactylus Geckos Reptilia Gekkonidae Elucidated Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution vol 38 no 2 Elsevier Inc 2006 pp 531 45 doi 10 1016 j ympev 2005 07 012 Simoes Tiago R Caldwell Michael W Nydam Randall L Jimenez Huidobro Paulina September 2016 Osteology phylogeny and functional morphology of two Jurassic lizard species and the early evolution of scansoriality in geckoes Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi 10 1111 zoj 12487 a b Bauer Aaron 28 Feb 2006 An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion Journal of Zoology 265 4 327 332 doi 10 1017 S0952836904006259 Retrieved 22 Jul 2022 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint url status link Rodder Dennis Lotters Stefan 2009 Niche shift versus niche conservatism Climatic characteristics of the native and invasive ranges of the Mediterranean house gecko Hemidactylus turcicus Global Ecology and Biogeography 18 6 674 687 doi 10 1111 j 1466 8238 2009 00477 x Hemidactylus at The Reptile Database The Reptile Database Retrieved 21 Jul 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Branch William Schmitz Lobon Rovira Baptista Antonio Conradie 12 January 2021 Rock island melody A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge 1944 group with descriptions of four new endemic species from Angola Zoosystematics and Evolution Retrieved 21 July 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Afrogecko porphyreus DAUDIN 1802 The Reptile Database Retrieved 21 Jul 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Genus Lepidodactylus at The Reptile Database The Reptile Database 21 Jul 2022 Retrieved 21 Jul 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Hosseinzadeh Mahboubeh Sadat Fois Mauro Zangi Bahman Kazemi Seyed Mahdi 2020 12 01 Predicting past current and future habitat suitability and geographic distribution of the Iranian endemic species Microgecko latifi Sauria Gekkonidae Journal of Arid Environments 183 104283 doi 10 1016 j jaridenv 2020 104283 ISSN 0140 1963 Davis Hayden R Chan Kin Onn Das Indraneil Brennan Ian G Karin Benjamin R Jackman Todd R Brown Rafe M Iskandar Djoko T Nashriq Izneil Grismer L Lee Bauer Aaron M 2020 06 01 Multilocus phylogeny of Bornean Bent Toed geckos Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus reveals hidden diversity taxonomic disarray and novel biogeographic patterns Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147 106785 doi 10 1016 j ympev 2020 106785 ISSN 1055 7903 PMID 32135306 Nania Dario Flecks Morris Rodder Dennis 2020 07 06 Continuous expansion of the geographic range linked to realized niche expansion in the invasive Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris Dumeril amp Bibron 1836 PLOS ONE 15 7 e0235060 doi 10 1371 journal pone 0235060 ISSN 1932 6203 PMC 7337341 PMID 32628687 S2CID 220386935 Pyron R Alexander Frank T Burbrink and John J Wiens 2013 A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata including 4161 species of lizards and snakes BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013 13 93 doi 10 1186 1471 2148 13 93 Wikispecies has information related to Gekkonidae Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gekkonidae Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gekkonidae amp oldid 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