Gecko families are the families of geckos that GBIF keeps as separate families. Gekkonidae itself lists its genera led by Cyrtodactylus, Hemidactylus and Cnemaspis. Eublepharidae has six, Goniurosaurus, Coleonyx, Eublepharis, Aeluroscalabotes, Hemitheconyx and Holodactylus. Sphaerodactylidae has 13, led by Sphaerodactylus with about 218 descendant taxa. Diplodactylidae has 25, led by Bavayia, Strophurus, Diplodactylus and Oedura, and Phyllodactylidae has 10, led by Phyllodactylus and Tarentola.
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Gekkonidae
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"canonicalName":"Hemidactylus","authorship":"Cuvier, 1817","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":0
Children of Gekkonidae: Gecko
"canonicalName":"Gecko","authorship":"Brongniart, 1800","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Brongniart, Alexandre. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Série 7 2(36): 89-91.","numDescendants":4
Children of Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus
"canonicalName":"Cyrtodactylus","vernacularName":"bow-fingered gecko","authorship":"Gray, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gray, John E. 1827. A synopsis of the genera of saurian reptiles, in which some new genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual examination. The Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science, Series 2 2(7): 54-58.","numDescendants":504
Children of Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis
"canonicalName":"Cnemaspis","vernacularName":"Rock Geckos","authorship":"Strauch, 1887","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Mém. Acad. St.-Pétersb., (7) 35, no. 2","numDescendants":219
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Eublepharidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Eublepharidae
"canonicalName":"Goniurosaurus","vernacularName":"Cave Geckos","authorship":"Barbour, 1908","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Barbour, Thomas. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 51(12): 313-325.","numDescendants":33
Children of Eublepharidae: Coleonyx
"canonicalName":"Coleonyx","vernacularName":"banded gecko","authorship":"Gray, 1845","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 16","numDescendants":17
Children of Eublepharidae: Eublepharis
"canonicalName":"Eublepharis","authorship":"Gray, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gray, John E. 1827. A synopsis of the genera of saurian reptiles, in which some new genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual examination. The Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science, Series 2 2(7): 54-58.","numDescendants":15
Children of Eublepharidae: Aeluroscalabotes
"canonicalName":"Aeluroscalabotes","authorship":"Boulenger, 1885","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 16","numDescendants":4
Children of Eublepharidae: Hemitheconyx
"canonicalName":"Hemitheconyx","vernacularName":"Fat-tail geckos","authorship":"Dumeril, 1851","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":0
Children of Eublepharidae: Holodactylus
"canonicalName":"Holodactylus","vernacularName":"African Clawed Geckos","authorship":"Boettger, 1893","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Zool. Anz., 16","numDescendants":3
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Sphaerodactylidae
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"canonicalName":"Sphaerodactylus","vernacularName":"round-fingered gecko","authorship":"Wagler, 1830","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Wagler, Johann G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien : mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta’schen, München.: i-vi; 1-354.","numDescendants":218
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Diplodactylidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Diplodactylidae
"canonicalName":"Bavayia","vernacularName":"New Caledonian Brown Geckos","authorship":"Roux, 1913","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"in Sarasin, Nova Caledonia, Zool., 1 (2)","numDescendants":69
Children of Diplodactylidae: Strophurus
"canonicalName":"Strophurus","vernacularName":"Spiny-tailed Geckos","authorship":"Fitzinger, 1843","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Syst. Rept., 18","numDescendants":33
Children of Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus
"canonicalName":"Diplodactylus","vernacularName":"Australian Ground and Stone Geckos","authorship":"Gray, 1832","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. Soc. London, 2","numDescendants":31
Children of Diplodactylidae: Oedura
"canonicalName":"Oedura","vernacularName":"Australian Velvet Geckos","authorship":"Gray, 1842","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gray, John E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. The Zoological Miscellany : to be continued occasionally: 51-57.","numDescendants":23
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Phyllodactylidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Phyllodactylidae
"canonicalName":"Phyllodactylus","vernacularName":"leaf-toed gecko","authorship":"Gray, 1828","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gray, John E. 1828. Spicilegia Zoologica, or original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Truettel, Wurtz and Co, London. Vol. 1: 1-12, Plates.","numDescendants":88
Children of Phyllodactylidae: Tarentola
"canonicalName":"Tarentola","vernacularName":"wall gecko","authorship":"Gray, 1825","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gray, John E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy, New Series 10(3): 193-217.","numDescendants":77
View the Source Gekkonidae - Wikipedia
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Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 62 genera.
Wikipedia: Diplodactylidae
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The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 genera.
Wikipedia: Eublepharidae
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The Eublepharidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 43 described species in 6 genera.
Wikipedia: Phyllodactylidae
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The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 163 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Wikipedia: Pygopodidae
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Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko.
Wikipedia: Sphaerodactylidae
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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.
Wikipedia: Carphodactylidae
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The Carphodactylidae, informally known as the southern padless geckos, are a family of geckos, lizards in the infraorder Gekkota.
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