Pseudogekko

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Pseudogekko
Pseudogekko compressicorpus (KU 330058) from 850 m on Mt. Cagua - ZooKeys-266-001-g052.jpg
Pseudogekko compresicorpus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Pseudogekko
Taylor, 1922
Species

10 species (see text)

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Pseudogekko is a genus of rare gecko species, commonly known as false geckos. All 10 known species are found in the Philippines.[1][2][3]

Species[]

There are ten species:[1]

  • Central Visayan false gecko, Pseudogekko atiorum Davis, Watters, Köhler, Whitsett, Huron, Brown, Diesmos & Siler, 2015
  • Luzon false gecko, Pseudogekko brevipes (Boettger, 1867)
  • Zamboanga false gecko, Pseudogekko chavacano Siler, Welton, Davis, Watters, Davey, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2014
  • Philippine false gecko, Pseudogekko compresicorpus (Taylor, 1915)
  • Leyte diminutive false gecko, Pseudogekko ditoy Siler, Welton, Davis, Watters, Davey, Diesmos, Diesmos, & Brown, 2014
  • Bicol hollow-dwelling forest gecko, Pseudogekko hungkag Brown, Meneses, Wood, Fernandez, Cuesta, Clores, Tracy, Buehler, & Siler, 2020
  • Romblon Province false gecko, Pseudogekko isapa Siler, Davis, Diesmos, Guinto, Whitsett, & Brown, 2016
  • Southern Philippine false gecko, Pseudogekko pungkaypinit Siler, Welton, Davis, Watters, Davey, Diesmos, Diesmos, & Brown, 2014
  • Polillo false gecko, Pseudogekko smaragdinus (Taylor, 1922)
  • Bicol False Geckos, Pseudogekko sumiklab Siler, Davis, Watters, Freitas, Griffith, Binaday, Lobos Amarga, & Brown, 2017

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pseudogekko at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ Brown, Rafe M.; Meneses, Camila G.; Wood, Perry L.; Fernandez, Jason B.; Cuesta, Michael A.; Clores, Michael A.; Tracy, Claire; Buehler, Matthew D. & Siler, Cameron D. (2020). "Unexpected discovery of another new species of Philippine false gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island". Herpetologica. 76 (3): 315–329. doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-19-00029.1. S2CID 221564781.
  3. ^ Geckolist.com


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