Teratoscincus

Teratoscincus

Teratoscincus keyserlingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Teratoscincinae
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. 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 seven species.

Member species

Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900 – Bedriaga's wonder gecko^[2]
Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863
Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1900 – small-scaled wonder gecko
Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887 – Przewalski's wonder gecko^[2]
Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906 – Roborowski's wonder gecko
Teratoscincus scincus (Schlegel, 1858) – common wonder gecko or frog-eyed gecko
Teratoscincus toksunicus G. Wang, 1989

T. scincus is frequently found in the exotic animal trade. They are suitable for keeping in a desert vivarium (20 gallons per gecko).

↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Teratoscincus bedriagai, p. 21; Teratoscincus przewalskii, p. 212).

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