The Sphaerodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The family contains 12 living genera and over 200 living species. The family name comes from the ball shape of their finger joints.
Genera The following genera are recognized as valid:"Sphaerodactylidae". Dahms Tierleben
List of genera Genus Image Type species Taxon author Common name Species Aristelliger A. georgeensis A. lar Cope, 1862 Croaking geckos and Caribbean geckos 9 Chatogekko C. amazonicus C. amazonicus Gamble, Daza, Colli, Vitt & Bauer, 2011 Brazilian pygmy gecko 1 Coleodactylus C. natalensis C. meridionalis Parker, 1926 5 Euleptes E. europaea E. europaea Fitzinger, 1843 European leaf-toed gecko 1 GeiseleptesG.delfinoi Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022 1 Gonatodes G. ceciliae G. albogularis Fitzinger, 1843 Dwarf geckos 34 Lepidoblepharis L. xanthostigma L. festae Peracca, 1897 Scaly-eyed geckos 21 Pristurus P. rupestris P. flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835 Rock geckos 26 Pseudogonatodes P. guianensis P. furvus Ruthven, 1915 South American clawed geckos 7 Quedenfeldtia Q. trachyblepharus Q. trachyblepharus Boettger, 1883 Atlas day geckos 2 Saurodactylus S. brosseti S. mauritanicus Fitzinger, 1843 Lizard-fingered geckos 7 Sphaerodactylus S. fantasticus S. sputator Wagler, 1830 Sphaeros and least geckos 108 Teratoscincus T. bedriagai T. keyserlingii Strauch, 1863 Wonder geckos 9
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