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Eublepharis gracilis. The leopard gecko or common leopard gecko ( Eublepharis macularius) is a ground-dwelling gecko native to the rocky dry grassland and desert regions of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. The leopard gecko has become a popular pet, and due to extensive captive breeding it is sometimes referred to as the first ...
Börner 1976. The Afghan leopard gecko ( Eublepharis macularius afghanicus) is one of the five subspecies of the common leopard gecko, a small to midsized lizard belonging to the family Gekkonidae. [1] This subspecies was first discovered by entomologist Carl Julius Bernhard Börner in 1976. It is much smaller than other leopard gecko subspecies.
Eublepharis pictus. Mirza & Gnaneswar, 2022 [1] 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.
Goniurosaurus. 26 recognized species, see article. Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos, containing 25 species. Members are known by various names including ground geckos, tiger geckos, leopard geckos, and cave geckos Members of this genus are found in China, Japan, and Vietnam. For this reason they are known commonly as Asian geckos.
Eublepharid geckos lack adhesive toepads and, unlike other geckos, have movable eyelids, thus commonly called eyelid geckos. Like other members of Gekkota, the Eublepharidae exhibits tail autotomy due to the fracture planes near their vent. A new tail will then grow in its place, usually lacking the original color and texture.
Eublepharis angramainyu, also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. [3] Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail ( autotomy ).
The Vietnamese leopard gecko or Chinese tiger gecko ( Goniurosaurus araneus) is a species of lizards in the family Eublepharidae. It is found in the Cao Bằng Province of Vietnam and Guangxi in China. The scientific species name, is from the Latin, aranea, which means "spider", due to the spindly, spider-like form of this species.
Eublepharis satpuraensis, sometimes called the Satpura leopard gecko, is a species of gecko. It is endemic to central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh. [1] [2] It occurs in moist mixed deciduous forest, dry mixed deciduous forest, and dry peninsular sal forest at elevations of 390–1,350 m (1,280–4,430 ft) above ...