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'{{about|the lizard genus ''Gekko''|the broader lizard group|Gecko|other uses}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|55|0|[[Eocene]] to Recent }} | image = Gekkoninae Gekko gecko.png | image_caption = [[Tokay gecko]] (''Gekko gecko'') | taxon = Gekko | authority = [[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 59 recognized species, see article. }} '''''Gekko''''' is a [[genus]] of colorful and diverse [[Southeast Asia]]n [[gecko]]s commonly known as '''true geckos''' or '''calling geckos'''. Although [[species]] such as ''[[Gekko gecko]]'' (the tokay gecko) are very widespread and common, some species in the same genus have a very small range and are considered rare or endangered. Fossils, including ''[[Yantarogekko]]'', date back to the [[Eocene]].<ref>{{cite web |title=†Yantarogekko Bauer et al. 2005 (gecko) |publisher=Fossil works |url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=90339}}</ref> ==Species== The following 59 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>"''Gekko''". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''[[Gekko aaronbaueri]]'' {{small|Tri, Thai, Phimvohan, David & Teynié, 2015}} – Aaron Bauer's gecko *''[[Gekko adleri]]'' {{small|[[Truong Quang Nguyen|Nguyen]] et al., 2013}} – Adler's gecko *''[[Gekko albofasciolatus]]'' {{small|([[Albert Günther|A. Günther]], 1867)}} *''[[Gekko athymus]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown]] & [[:fr:Angel Chua Alcala|Alcala]], 1962}} – Brown's gecko *''[[Gekko auriverrucosus]]'' {{small|[[Kai-ya Zhou|Zhou]] & [[Yue-zhen Liu|Liu]], 1982}} – Shanxi gecko<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Gekko |species=auriverrucosus |accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref> *''[[Gekko badenii]]'' {{small|[[Nikolay Szczerbak|Szczerbak]] & [[O.D. Nekrasova|Nekrasova]], 1994}} – golden gecko *''[[Gekko boehmei]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015}} – Böhme's gecko *''[[Gekko bonkowskii]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015}} – Bonkowski's gecko *''[[Gekko canaensis]]'' {{small|[[Ngo Van Tri|Ngo]] & [[Tony Gamble|Gamble]], 2011}}<ref>{{cite journal | author1 = van Tri, Ngo | author2 = Gamble T. | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2890 | pages = 53–6 | date = 25 May 2011 | format = Pdf | title = ''Gekko canaensis'' sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from southern Vietnam | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02890p064f.pdf | accessdate = 4 August 2011 }}</ref> – Cà Ná marbled gecko *''[[Gekko canhi]]'' {{small|[[Herbert Rösler|Rösler]] et al., 2010}}<ref>{{aut|Rösler, H.}} ''et al''. 2010: A new species of the genus ''Gekko'' Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with remarks on ''G. japonicus'' (Schlegel). {{ISSN|1175-5326}} ''Zootaxa'', '''2329''': 56–68. [http://www.mapress.com./zootaxa/2010/f/z02329p068f.pdf Preview]</ref> – Canh's gecko *''[[Gekko carusadensis]]'' {{small|[[Charles W. Linkem|Linkem]] et al., 2010}}<ref>{{aut|Linkem, C.W.}}; {{aut|Siler, C.D.}}; {{aut|Diesmos, A.C.}}; {{aut|Sy, E.}}; {{aut|Brown, R.M.}} 2010: A new species of ''Gekko'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Luzon Island, Philippines. {{ISSN|1175-5326}} ''Zootaxa'', '''2396''': 37–49. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02396p049f.pdf Preview]</ref> – Luzon karst gecko *''[[Gekko chinensis]]'' {{small|([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1842)}} – Gray's Chinese gecko<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Gekko |species=chinensis |accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref> *''[[Gekko coi]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|R.M. Brown]] et al., 2011}} *''[[Gekko crombota]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown et al., 2008}} – Babuyan Claro gecko *''[[Gekko ernstkelleri]]'' {{small|Rösler et al., 2006}} *''[[Gekko gecko]]'' {{small|([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}} – tokay gecko **''Gekko gecko azhari'' {{small|[[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1955}} **''Gekko gecko gecko'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} *''[[Gekko gigante]]'' {{small|W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978}} – Gigante gecko<ref>[http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0408-hance_fs_gekkogigante.html Forgotten species: the subterranean ''Gekko gigante''] (12/03/2014) news.mongabay.com.</ref> *''[[Gekko grossmanni]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Rainer Günther|R. Günther]], 1994}} – Grossmann's gecko *''[[Gekko guishanicus]]'' {{small|Lin & Yao, 2016}} *''[[Gekko hokouensis]]'' {{small|[[Clifford H. Pope|Pope]], 1928}} – Kwangsi gecko *''[[Gekko japonicus]]'' {{small|([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1836)}} – Schlegel's Japanese gecko *''[[Gekko kikuchii]]'' {{small|([[Masamitsu Ōshima|Ōshima]], 1912)}} – Botel gecko *''[[Gekko kwangsiensis]]'' {{small|([[Jian-Huan Yang|Yang]] et al., 2015)}} – Kwangsi gecko *''[[Gekko lauhachindai]]'' {{small|[[Nonn Panitvong|Panitvong]] et al., 2010}} – Lauhachinda's cave gecko<ref>Panitvong, N., Sumontha, M., Konlek, K., & Kunya, K. (2010). "''Gekko lauhachindai'' sp. nov., a new cave-dwelling gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from central Thailand." ''Zootaxa'' '''2671''': 40–52.</ref> *''[[Gekko liboensis]]'' {{small|Zhou, Liu & Li, 1982}} – Libo's gecko *''[[Gekko melli]]'' {{small|([[Theodor Vogt|T. Vogt]], 1922)}} – Mell's gecko *''[[Gekko mindorensis]]'' {{small|[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1919}} – Mindoro narrow-disked gecko *''[[Gekko monarchus]]'' {{small|(Schlegel, 1836)}} – spotted house gecko *''[[Gekko nadenensis]]'' {{small|Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2017}} – Naden gecko *''[[Gekko nutaphandi]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer]] et al., 2008}}<!--Zootaxa1750:32. --> *''[[Gekko palawanensis]]'' {{small|Taylor, 1925}} – Palawan gecko *''[[Gekko palmatus]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1907}} – palm gecko *''[[Gekko petricolus]]'' {{small|Taylor, 1962}} – sandstone gecko *''[[Gekko porosus]]'' {{small|Taylor, 1922}} – Taylor's gecko *''[[Gekko reevesii]]'' {{small|(Gray, 1831)}} – Reeves's tokay gecko *''[[Gekko remotus]]'' {{small|Rösler et al., 2012}} *''[[Gekko romblon]]'' {{small|W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978}} – Philippine gecko *''[[Gekko rossi]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown et al., 2009}} – Ross's Calayan gecko *''[[Gekko russelltraini]]'' {{small|Ngo et al., 2009}} – Russell Train's marble gecko *''[[Gekko scabridus]]'' {{small|Liu & Zhou, 1982}} – Yunnan gecko *''[[Gekko scientiadventura]]'' {{small|Rösler et al., 2005}} *''[[Gekko sengchanthavongi]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015}} – Sengchanthavong’s gecko *''[[Gekko shibatai]]'' {{small|[[Mamoru Toda|Toda]] et al., 2008}} *''[[Gekko siamensis]]'' {{small|[[Wolfgang Grossman|Grossman]] & [[Thomas Ulber|Ulber]], 1990}} – Siamese green-eyed gecko *''[[Gekko similignum]]'' {{small|[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1923}} *''[[Gekko smithii]]'' {{small|Gray, 1842}} – [[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|(Andrew) Smith's]] green-eyed gecko<ref>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}}. (''Gekko smithii'', p. 246).</ref> *''[[Gekko subpalmatus]]'' {{small|(A. Günther, 1864)}}<!-- BiodiversConserv17:2037. --> *''[[Gekko swinhonis]]'' {{small|(A. Günther, 1864)}} – Peking gecko *''[[Gekko taibaiensis]]'' {{small|[[Ming-tao Song|Song]], 1985}} – Mingtao's gecko *''[[Gekko takouensis]]'' {{small|Ngo & Gamble, 2010}} – Ta Kou marbled gecko *''[[Gekko tawaensis]]'' {{small|[[Yaichirō Okada|Okada]], 1956}} – Tawa gecko *''[[Gekko thakhekensis]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2014}} – Thakhek gecko *''[[Gekko truongi]]'' {{small|[[Trung My Phung|Phung]] & [[:fr:Thomas Ziegler|Ziegler]], 2011}} – Truong's gecko *''[[Gekko verreauxi]]'' {{small|[[Robert Christopher Tytler|Tytler]], 1865}} – Andaman giant gecko *''[[Gekko vertebralis]]'' {{small|Toda et al., 2008}} *''[[Gekko vietnamensis]]'' {{small|[[Nguyen Ngoc Sang|Sang]], 2010}}<ref>[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02501p060f.pdf A new poreless species of ''Gekko'' Laurenti, 1768 (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from An Giang Province, southern Vietnam] Nguyễn Ngọc Sang, ''Zootaxa'' '''2501''': 54-60. (10/6/2010)</ref> – Vietnam gecko *''[[Gekko vittatus]]'' {{small|[[Martinus Houttuyn|Houttuyn]], 1782}} – lined gecko *''[[Gekko wenxianensis]]'' {{small|Zhou & [[Qiu-xian Wang|Wang]], 2008}}<!--Zootaxa1778:59. --> *''[[Gekko yakuensis]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Takaji Matsui|T. Matsui]] & Okada, 1968}} – Yakushima gecko }} ''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Gekko''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikispecies-inline}} {{commonscat-inline}} * {{NCBI|8565}} * {{ITIS|ID=174049|taxon=''Gekko''}} * {{EOL}} * {{NRDB genus|genus=Gekko}} * [http://www.organismnames.com/query.htm?q=Gekko&searchType=simple&so=a0&pp=112 ''Gekko''] at Index to Organism Names * [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Gekko&selectall=Check+All&colname=on&colcategory=on&colauthority=on&colcomments=on&page=&vol= ''Nomenclator Zoologicus''] {{Taxonbar|from=Q132598}} [[Category:Gekko| ]] [[Category:Lizard genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti]] {{Gecko-stub}}'