Teratoscincus

Teratoscincus
	Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Teratoscincus; Strauch, 1863[1]

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.[2]

Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900 – Bedraiga's wonder gecko, Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko
Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863 – Persian wonder gecko
Teratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2017
Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1900 – small-scaled wonder gecko
Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887 – Przewalski's wonder gecko
Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906
Teratoscincus rustamowi Szczerbak, 1979
Teratoscincus scincus (Schlegel, 1858) – common wonder gecko, frog-eyed gecko
Teratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi, 2017

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

T. roborowskii is frequently found in the exotic animal trade. It is suitable for keeping in a desert vivarium.

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"Teratoscincus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
Genus Teratoscincus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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