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Gekkonidae

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Description

Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 61 genera. This family comprises many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (Hemidactylus), tokay geckos (Gekko), day geckos (Phelsuma), mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus) and dtellas (Gehyra). Gekkonid geckos occur globally and are particularly species-rich in tropical areas.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkonidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5666	https://www.gbif.org/species/5666
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37899	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37899

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Gekkonidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
suborder	Gekkonomorpha
infraorder	Gekkota	Cuvier 1817
family	Gekkonidae	Gray 1825

Common Name

gecko

Scientific Name

Gekkonidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated with evidence	Gray, 1825
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Nyctisaura	stated with evidence	Cope, 1871
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Geckones	stated with evidence	Gadow, 1898
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkonoidea	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated without evidence	Seiffert, 1975
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated with evidence	Estes, 1983
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Nyctisaura	implied	Carroll, 1988
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated without evidence	Borsuk-Bialynicka, 1990
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Lacertilia	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated without evidence	Alifanov, 2000
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Lacertilia	implied	Augé and Rage, 2006
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Gekkota	stated with evidence	Jonniaux and Kumazawa, 2008
Gekkonidae	family	belongs to Lacertilia	implied	Venczel and Stiuca, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

107

Extant Size (PBDB)

89 (83%)

First Recorded Appearance

59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore, carnivore

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Geckos, Gecko

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkonidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diplodactylinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		8	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Eublepharinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Gekkoninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Sphaerodactylinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Uroplatinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Afroedura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Afrogecko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agamura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ailuronyx genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alsophylax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Altiphylax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aprasia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Blunt-tail Legless Lizards			0 Ma Extant
Aristelliger genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Croacking Gecko	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ascalabotes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blaesodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bogertia genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Bogert's Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Briba genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brazilian Gecko			0 Ma Extant
Bunopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cadurcogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Calodactylodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chondrodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Christinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemapsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemaspis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coleonyx genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Banded Gecko			0 Ma Extant
Colopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cretaceogekko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crossobamon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptactites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyrtodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Bow-fingered Gecko			0 Ma Extant
Cyrtopodion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dactyloperus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Delma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Flapped Scalyfoots			0 Ma Extant
Diplodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Dixonius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ebenavia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elasmodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euleptes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Garzoniella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geckolepis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Gehyra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Gekko genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Gecko	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Gerandogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Goggia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gonatodes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	American Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Gymnodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Naked-toed Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Hemidactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hemidactylus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Hemiphyllodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Heteronotia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hoburogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Homonota genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Marked Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Homopholis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kolekanos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Laonogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Lepidodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Luperosaurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lygodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Matoatoa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mediodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgecko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nactus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Narudasia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nephrurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Oedurella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pachydactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Thick-toed Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Palaeogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Paragehyra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paroedura genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Madagascar Ground Gecko	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Parsigecko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentadactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phelsuma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Phyllodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Leaf-toed Gecko	4	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Phyllopezus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brazilian Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Platydactylus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pletholax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Black-striped Legless Lizards			0 Ma Extant
Pseudoceramodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudogekko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptenopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychozoon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pygopus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ramigekko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhinogecko genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhodanogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Rhoptropella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhoptropus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphaerodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Round-fingered Gecko	4	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Stenodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tarentola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Wall Gecko	8	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Tenuidactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teratoscincus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Wonder Geckos			0 Ma Extant
Thecadactylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Turnip-tailed Gecko	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Tolarenta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trachydactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigonodactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tropiocolotes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Urocotyledon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Uroplatus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Yantarogekko ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Cosymbotes craspedotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniurosarus araneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gymnodastylus fumosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gymnodastylus oertzeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spaerodactylus imbricata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tropicolotes tripolitanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gecconidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Gecconidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Gekkonidae Gray
1871	Gecconidae Cope p. 236
1875	Gecconidae Cope p. 18
1898	Geckonidae Gadow p. 25
1946	Gekkonidae Kuhn p. 61
1966	Gekkonidae Kuhn p. 48
1975	Gekkonidae Seiffert p. 10
1983	Gekkonidae Estes

Year	Name and Author
1988	Gekkonidae Carroll
1990	Gekkonidae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 68
1993	Gekkonidae Alifanov p. 9
1996	Gekkonidae Frank and Ramus
2000	Gekkonidae Alifanov p. 380
2006	Gekkonidae Augé and Rage p. 239
2008	Gekkonidae Jonniaux and Kumazawa
2008	Gekkonidae Venczel and Stiuca p. 750 fig. 12A

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Gray J. E. A synopsis of the genera of Reptilia and Amphibia, Annals of Philosophy, n. s., London 10, 193-217

Cope E. D. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19, 194-247

Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109

Gadow H. , A Classification of Vertebrata Recent and Extinct, xvii-82

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154

Seiffert J. (1975) Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal, Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22, 7-85

Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249

Borsuk-Bialynicka M. (1990) Gobekko cretacicus gen. et sp. n., a new gekkonid lizard from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 35 1-2, 67-76

Alifanov V. (1993) Some peculiarities of the Cretaceous and Palaeogene lizard faunas of the Mongolian people's Republic, Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 3, 9-13

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

Alifanov V. R. (2000) The fossil record of Cretaceous lizards from Mongolia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 368-389

Augé M., Rage J.-C. (2006) Herpetofaunas from the Upper Paleocene and Lower Eocene of Morocco, Annales de Paléontologie 92 3, 235-253 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2005.09.001

Jonniaux P., Kumazawa Y. (2008) Molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using mitochondrial DNA sequences of eyelid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae), Gene 407, 105-115

Venczel M., Stiuca E. (2008) Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania, Geodiversitas 30 4, 731-763

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004). - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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