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Leopard geckos were first described as a species by zoologist Edward Blyth in 1854 as Eublepharis macularius. [1] The generic name Eublepharis is a combination of the Greek words eu (good) and blepharos (eyelid), as having eyelids is the primary characteristic that distinguishes members of this subfamily from other geckos, along with a lack of lamellae.
Scientific name Common Name Distribution Eublepharis angramainyu: Iraqi eyelid gecko: Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Eublepharis fuscus: West Indian leopard gecko: western India, with its range possibly extending to southeastern Pakistan Eublepharis hardwickii: East Indian leopard gecko: India and Bangladesh. Eublepharis macularius: Common ...
Genus Image Type species Taxon author Common name Species Aeluroscalabotes: A. felinus: A. felinus (Günther, 1864): Boulenger, 1885 : Cat gecko 1 Coleonyx: C ...
Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos in the family Eublepharidae.The genus contains 27 species.Members species are known by various common names including cave geckos, ground geckos, leopard geckos, and tiger geckos.
The Afghan leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius afghanicus) is one of the five subspecies of the common leopard gecko, a small lizard belonging to the family Eublepharidae. [1] This subspecies was first discovered by entomologist Carl Julius Bernhard Börner in 1976. It is much smaller than other leopard gecko subspecies.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
The East Indian leopard gecko (Eublepharis hardwickii), also known commonly as Hardwicke's gecko, [3] is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to India and Bangladesh .
Eublepharis pictus, the painted leopard gecko, is a species of gecko. [2] It lives in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, in India. It can grow to 117 mm (4.6 in) in snout–vent length. The species lives in dry evergreen forest mixed in with scrubs and meadows.