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Eyelid Geckos
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Eyelid Geckos

Eublepharidae

The Eublepharidae are a family of geckos consisting of 30 described species in six genera. They occur in Asia, Africa and North America. Eublepharid geckos lack adhesive toepads and, unlike other geckos, have movable eyelids. Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) are popular pet lizards.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 46 known species

Banded Geckos

genusColeonyx

Leopard Geckos

genusEublepharis

Cave Geckos

genusGoniurosaurus

Cat Geckos

genusAeluroscalabotes

African Fat-tailed Geckos

genusHemitheconyx

African Clawed Geckos

genusHolodactylus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85768.