Gekkoninae

Gekkoninae
A Gold dust day gecko ( genus Phelsuma) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genera
Over 70, see text.

Gekkoninae is a diverse subfamily of Gekkonidae, geckos. It has the most species and genera— over 850 species in 75 genera. Hemidactylus, Cyrtodactylus and Sphaerodactylus alone account for 280 species. Here follows a list of recognized genera:

Afroedura (9 species) Afrogecko (3 species) Agamura (3 species) Ailuronyx (3 species) Alsophylax (8 species) Aristelliger (8 species) Asaccus (7 species) Asiocolotes (2 species) Blaesodactylus (3 species) Bogertia, Bogert's Gecko +Briba Bunopus (4 species) Calodactylodes (2 species) Carinatogecko (2 species) Chondrodactylus (4 spp.) Christinus (3 species) Cnemaspis (75 species) Coleodactylus (5 species) Colopus (2 species) Cosymbotus (1 or 2 species) Crossobamon (1 or 2 species) Cryptactites (monotypic) Cyrtodactylus (95 species) Cyrtopodion (37 species) Dixonius (5 species) Dravidogecko (monotypic) Ebenavia (2 species) Euleptes (monotypic) Geckolepis (5 species) Geckonia (monotypic) Gehyra (35 species) Gekko (32 species) Goggia (8 species) Gonatodes (20 species) Gonydactylus (4 species) Gymnodactylus (5 species) Haemodracon (2 species) Hemidactylus (90 species)

Hemiphyllodactylus (6 spp.) Heteronotia (3 species) Homonota (10 species) Homopholis (6 species) Lepidoblepharis (18 spp.) Lepidodactylus (33 species) Luperosaurus (10 species) Lygodactylus (60 species) Matoatoa (2 species) Microscalabotes (monotypic) Nactus (11 species) Narudasia (monotypic) Pachydactylus (40 species) Palmatogecko (2 species) Paragehyra (2 species) Paroedura (16 species) Perochirus (3 species) Phelsuma (43 species) Phyllodactylus (50 species) Phyllopezus (2 species) Pristurus (22 species) Pseudogekko (4 species) Pseudogonatodes (7 species) Ptenopus (3 species) Ptychozoon (6 species) Ptyodactylus (6 species) Quedenfeldtia (2 species) Rhoptropus (7 species) Saurodactylus (2 species) Sphaerodactylus (95 species) Stenodactylus (11 species) Tarentola (21 species) Teratolepis (2 species) Thecadactylus (2 species) Tropiocolotes (10 species) Urocotyledon (4 species) Uroplatus (13 species)

+Now synonymized with Hemidactylus

External links

Data related to Gekkoninae at Wikispecies Media related to Gekkoninae at Wikimedia Commons