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Ancylodactylus
Sign in to saveAncylodactylus is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Most of the species in the genus Ancyclodactylus were formerly assigned to the genus Cnemaspis.
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancylodactylus, Lizard genera and Reptiles of Africa.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Collections
- ZMUC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gekkoninae
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- taxon name
- Ancylodactylus
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Ancylodactylus is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Most of the species in the genus Ancyclodactylus were formerly assigned to the genus Cnemaspis.
==Species== A. africanus (F. Werner, 1895) – African gecko A. alantika (Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006) A. barbouri (Perret, 1986) – Barbour's gecko A. chyuluensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. dickersonae (Schmidt, 1919) – Dickerson's forest gecko, four-lined forest gecko A. dilepis (Perret, 1963) – two-scaled gecko A. elgonensis (Loveridge, 1936) – Mount Elgon forest gecko A. gigas (Perret, 1986) – Perret's Nigeria gecko, giant forest gecko A. kenyaensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. kituiensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. koehleri (Mertens, 1937) – Koehler's gecko A. laikipiensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. mathewsensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. occidentalis (Angel, 1943) – western gecko A. petrodroma (Perret, 1986) – Nigeria crag gecko, Ondo forest gecko A. quattuorseriatus (Sternfeld, 1912) – Sternfeld's gecko A. spawlsi Malonza & Bauer, 2022 A. spinicollis L. Müller, 1907 A. uzungwae (Perret, 1986) – Tanzania gecko
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