Gecko genera are the genera of the geckos, the lizard family Gekkonidae in its broad sense. Animal Diversity Web lists about 100 of them, from Aeluroscalabotes and Afroedura through Gekko, Hemidactylus, Lygodactylus, Pachydactylus and Phelsuma to Uroplatus. In the narrower family GBIF keeps under that name there are 72 ranked genera, and the biggest by descendant taxa are Cyrtodactylus with about 504, Hemidactylus with about 280, Cnemaspis with about 219, Phelsuma with about 135, Gekko with about 133 and Lygodactylus with about 127.
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Animal Diversity Web: Gekkonidae
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Genus Hemidactylus Genus Hemiphyllodactylus
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"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: 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: Afroedura
"canonicalName":"Afroedura","vernacularName":"African Rock Geckos","authorship":"Loveridge, 1944","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1254","numDescendants":35
Children of Gekkonidae: Gekko
"canonicalName":"Gekko","vernacularName":"gecko","authorship":"Laurenti, 1768","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Laurenti, Joseph N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum. Joan Thomae, Viennae.: 1-214; Pls. 1-5.","numDescendants":133
Children of Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus
"canonicalName":"Hemidactylus","authorship":"Cuvier, 1817","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":0
Children of Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus
"canonicalName":"Lygodactylus","vernacularName":"Afro-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos","authorship":"Gray, 1864","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864","numDescendants":127
Children of Gekkonidae: Pachydactylus
"canonicalName":"Pachydactylus","vernacularName":"Thick-toed geckos","authorship":"Wiegmann, 1834","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Wiegmann, Arend F. A. H. 1834. Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense Pervenerunt. Saurorum species. C.G. Lüderitz, Berolini.: i-vi; 1-54; Pls. 1-10.","numDescendants":65
Children of Gekkonidae: Phelsuma
"canonicalName":"Phelsuma","vernacularName":"Day Geckos","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":135
Children of Gekkonidae: Uroplatus
"canonicalName":"Uroplatus","vernacularName":"Flat-tail geckos","authorship":"Dumeril, 1806","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux : 80","numDescendants":55
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 Wikipedia: Gekko
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Gekko is a genus of Southeast Asian geckos, commonly known as true geckos or calling geckos, in the family Gekkonidae.
Wikipedia: Hemidactylus
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Hemidactylus (from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning 'finger') is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae.
Wikipedia: Phelsuma
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Phelsuma is a large genus of geckos in the family Gekkonidae.
Wikipedia: Uroplatus
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Uroplatus (from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail", and πλατύς (platús), meaning "flat") is a genus of geckos, commonly referred to as leaf-tail geckos or flat-tailed geckos, which are endemic to Madagascar and its coastal islands, such as Nosy Be.
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