Teratoscincus
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Teratoscincus is a genus of geckos commonly referred to as wonder geckos or frog-eyed geckos; it is the only genus within the subfamily Teratoscincinae of the family Sphaerodactylidae. Species in the genus Teratoscincus are found from the Arabian Peninsula in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, west across southern Asia in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to Mongolia and China. The genus consists of nine species.
Member species
The genus Teratoscincus contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bedriaga's wonder gecko, Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko
- Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Persian wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – small-scaled wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Przewalski's wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Teratoscincus rustamowi Szczerbak, 1979Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Teratoscincus scincus (Schlegel, 1858)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – common wonder gecko, frog-eyed gecko
- Teratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Teratoscincus.
In captivity
T. roborowskii is frequently found in the exotic animal trade. It is suitable for keeping in a desert vivarium.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
Further reading
- Strauch A (1863). "Characteristik zweier neuen Eidechsen aus Persien ". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg 6: 477–480. (Teratoscincus, new genus, p. 480; Teratoscincus keyserlingii, new species, p. 480). (in Latin and German).
External links
- ↑ Genus Teratoscincus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.