Gekko

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

{{About|the lizard genus Gekko|the broader lizard group|Gecko|other uses}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|23|0|Miocene to Recent

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| image = Gekkoninae Gekko gecko.png

| image_caption = Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), the most widespread species in this genus.

| taxon = Gekko

| authority = Laurenti, 1768Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.

| type_species = Gekko gecko

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 88, see text.

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Gekko is a genus of Southeast Asian geckos, commonly known as true geckos or calling geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. Although species such as Gekko gecko (tokay gecko) are very widespread and common, some species in the same genus have a very small range and are considered rare or endangered.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Gekko}} www.reptile-database.org.{{Cite journal|last1=Lyu|first1=Zhi-Tong|author1-link=species:Zhi-Tong Lyu|last2=Lin|first2=Chao-Yu|author2-link=species:Chao-Yu Lin|last3=Ren|first3=Jin-Long|author3-link=species:Jin-Long Ren|last4=Jiang|first4=Ke|author4-link=species:Ke Jiang|last5=Zhang|first5=Yin-Peng|author5-link=species:Yin-Peng Zhang|last6=Qi|first6=Shuo|author6-link=species:Shuo Qi|last7=Wang|first7=Jian|author7-link=species:Jian Wang (herpetologist)|date=2021-04-06|title=Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4951.2.2|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4951|issue=2|pages=236–258|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.2|pmid=33903401|issn=1175-5334|doi-access=}}

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| author1 = Ngo Van Tri

| author1-link=species:Ngo Van Tri

| author2 = Gamble, Tony

| author2-link=species:Tony Gamble

| journal = Zootaxa

| volume = 2890

| pages = 53–6

| date = 2011

| title = Gekko canaensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from southern Vietnam

| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2890.1.5

| url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02890p064f.pdf

| access-date = 4 August 2011

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  • Gekko shiva {{small|Pauwels, Meesook, Donbundit, Jindamad, Topai & Sumontha, 2025}}
  • Gekko alpinus {{small|Ma, Shi, Shen, Chang & Jiang, 2024}}

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gekko.

References

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Further reading

  • Laurenti JN (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum. Vienna: "Joan. Thom. Nob. de Trattnern". 214 pp. + Plates I–V. (Gekko, new genus, pp. 43–44). (in Latin).