Sphaeros and Allies
Sphaerodactylidae
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. The family contains 12 living genera and over 200 living species. The family name comes from the ball shape of their finger joints.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 239 known species
Gonatodes
genusGonatodes
Sphaeros
genusSphaerodactylus
Rock Geckos
genusPristurus
scaly-eyed geckos
genusLepidoblepharis
Wonder Geckos
genusTeratoscincus
lizard-fingered geckos
genusSaurodactylus
Croaking Geckos
genusAristelliger
European Leaf-toed Geckos
genusEuleptes
Atlas Geckos
genusQuedenfeldtia
Coleodactylus
genusColeodactylus
Brazilian Pygmy Geckos
genusChatogekko
South American clawed geckos
genusPseudogonatodes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 86075.