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'{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{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''), the most widespread species in this genus. | taxon = Gekko | authority = [[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.</ref> | type_species = ''[[Tokay gecko|Lacerta gecko]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 78, see text. }} '''''Gekko''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Southeast Asia]]n [[gecko]]s, [[Common name|commonly]] known as '''true geckos''' or '''calling geckos''', in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. Although [[species]] such as ''[[Gekko gecko]]'' (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 81 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>"''Gekko''". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lyu|first=Zhi-Tong|last2=Lin|first2=Chao-Yu|last3=Ren|first3=Jin-Long|last4=Jiang|first4=Ke|last5=Zhang|first5=Yin-Peng|last6=Qi|first6=Shuo|last7=Wang|first7=Jian|date=2021-04-06|title=Review of the Gekko ( Japonigekko ) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4951.2.2|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4951|issue=2|pages=236–258|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.2|issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''[[Gekko aaronbaueri]]'' {{small|[[Ngo Van Tri|Tri]], [[Pham Hong Thai (herpetologist)|Thai]], [[Anorath Phimvohan|Phimvohan]], [[Patrick David|David]] & [[Alexandre Teynié|Teynié]], 2015}} – Aaron Bauer's gecko *''[[Gekko adleri]]'' {{small|[[Truong Quang Nguyen|T.Q. Nguyen]], [[Ying-yong Wang|Y. Wang]], [[Jian-huan|Yang]], [[Tanja Lehmann|Lehmann]], [[:fr:Thomas Ziegler|Ziegler]] & Bonkowski, 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|Y. 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 bannaense]]'' {{small|Y. Wang, [[Jian Wang (herpetologist)|J. Wang]] & [[Zu-yao Liu|Z. Liu]], 2016}} – Banna parachute gecko *''[[Gekko boehmei]]'' {{small|[[Vinh Quang Luu|Luu]], [[Thomas Calame|Calame]], T.Q. Nguyen, [[Minh Duc Le|Le]] & Ziegler, 2015}} – Böhme's gecko *''[[Gekko bonkowskii]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, T.Q. Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015}} – Bonkowski's gecko *''[[Gekko browni]]'' {{small|Russell, 1979}} – Brown's gecko, Brown's wolf gecko, Brown's fringe 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 | title = ''Gekko canaensis'' sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from southern Vietnam | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2890.1.5 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02890p064f.pdf | access-date = 4 August 2011 }}</ref> – Cà Ná marbled gecko *''[[Gekko canhi]]'' {{small|[[Herbert Rösler (herpetologist)|Rösler]], T.Q. Nguyen, [[Kien Van Doan|Doan]], [[Cuc Thu Ho|Ho]], [[Tao Thien Nguyen|T.T. Nguyen]] & Zeigler, 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]], [[Cameron D. Siler|Siler]], [[:fr:Arvin Cantor Diesmos|Diesmos]], [[Emerson Sy|Sy]] & [[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|R.M. Brown]], 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 cib]]'' <small>Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang, 2021</small> *''[[Gekko cicakterbang]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Larry Lee Grismer|L. Grismer]], [[Perry L. Wood, Jr.|Wood]], [[Jesse L. Grismer|J. Grismer]], [[Evan S. H. Quah|Quah]], [[Neang Thy|Thy]], [[Somphouthone Phimmachak|Phimmachak]], [[Niane Sivongxay|Sivongxay]], [[Sengvilay Seateun|Seateun]], [[:fr:Bryan L. Stuart|B. Stuart]], Siler, [[Daniel G. Mulcahy|Mulcahy]], [[Tashitso Anamza|Anamza]] & R.M. Brown, 2019}} – Malaysia parachute gecko *''[[Gekko coi]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, Siler, [[Carl H. Oliveros|Oliveros]], Diesmos & Alcala, 2011}} *''[[Gekko crombota]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, Oliveros, Siler & Diesmos, 2008}} – Babuyan Claro gecko *''[[Gekko ernstkelleri]]'' {{small|Rösler, Siler, R.M. Brown, [[Arnold D. Demegillo|Demegillo]] & [[Marin Gaulke|Gaulke]], 2006}} *''[[Gekko flavimaritus]]'' {{small|[[Attapol Rujirawan|Rujirawan]], [[Jonathan J. Fong|Fong]], [[Natee Ampai|Ampai]], [[Siriporn Yodthong|Yodthong]], [[Korkhwan Termprayoon|Termprayoon]] & [[Anchalee Aowphol|Aowphol]], 2019}} *''[[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}} – [[Islas de Gigantes|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|[[Jun-Tsong Lin|Lin]] & [[Chiou-Ju Yao|Yao]], 2016}} *''[[Gekko gulat]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, Diesmos, [[Melizar V. Duya|Duya]], [[Harvey J. D. Garcia|Garcia]] & [[Edmund Leo B. Rico|Rico]], 2010}} *''[[Gekko hokouensis]]'' {{small|[[Clifford H. Pope|Pope]], 1928}} – Kwangsi gecko *''[[Gekko horsfieldii]]'' {{small|([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1827)}} – [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield's]] flying gecko, Horsfield's parachute gecko *''[[Gekko intermedium]]'' {{small|[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1915}} – intermediate flying gecko *''[[Gekko iskandari]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, [[Jatna Supriatna|Supriatna]] & [[Hidetoshi Ota|Ota]], 2000}} – Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko *''[[Gekko japonicus]]'' {{small|([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1836)}} – Schlegel's Japanese gecko *''[[Gekko jinjiangensis]]'' <small>Hou, Shi, Wang, Shu, Zheng, Qi, Liu, Jiang, & Xie, 2021</small> *''[[Gekko kabkaebin]]'' {{small|L. Grismer, Wood, J. Grismer, Quah, Thy, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, Seateun, B. Stuart, Siler, Mulcahy, Anamza & R.M. Brown, 2019}} – Lao parachute gecko *''[[Gekko kaengkrachanense]]'' {{small|[[Montri Sumontha|Sumontha]], [[:fr:Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels|Pauwels]], [[Kirati Kunya|Kunya]], [[Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn|Limlikhitaksorn]], [[Sirichai Ruksue|Ruksue]], [[Apirat Taokratok|Taokratok]], [[Michel Ansermet|Ansermet]] & [[Lawan Chanhome|Chanhome]], 2012}} – Kaeng Krachan parachute gecko *''[[Gekko kikuchii]]'' {{small|([[Masamitsu Ōshima|Ōshima]], 1912)}} – Botel gecko *''[[Gekko kuhli]]'' {{small|([[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1902)}} – Kuhl's flying gecko, Kuhl’s parachute gecko *''[[Gekko kwangsiensis]]'' {{small|Yang, 2015}} – Kwangsi gecko *''[[Gekko lauhachindai]]'' {{small|[[Nonn Panitvong|Panitvong]], Sumontha, [[Kanokorn Konlek|Konlek]] & Kunya, 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, Y. Liu & [[De-jun Li|Li]], 1982}} – Libo's gecko *''[[Gekko lionotum]]'' {{small|[[Nelson Annandale|Annandale]], 1905}} – smooth-backed gliding gecko, Burmese flying gecko, Burmese parachute gecko *''[[Gekko melli]]'' {{small|([[Theodor Vogt|T. Vogt]], 1922)}} – Mell's gecko *''[[Gekko mindorensis]]'' {{small|Taylor, 1919}} – Mindoro narrow-disked gecko *''[[Gekko monarchus]]'' {{small|(Schlegel, 1836)}} – spotted house gecko *''[[Gekko nadenensis]]'' {{small|Luu, T.Q. Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2017}} – Naden gecko *''[[Gekko nicobarensis]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das]] & [[Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar|Vijayakumar]], 2009}} – Nicobar gliding gecko *''[[Gekko nutaphandi]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer]], Sumontha & Pauwels, 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 phuyenensis]]'' {{small|Nguyen, Nguyen, Orlov, Murphy, & Nguyen, 2021}} *''[[Gekko popaense]]'' {{small|L. Grismer, Wood, [[Myint Kyaw Thura|Thura]], [[Marta S. Grismer|M. Grismer]], R.M. Brown & B. Stuart, 2018}} – Mt. Popa parachute gecko *''[[Gekko porosus]]'' {{small|Taylor, 1922}} – Taylor's gecko *''[[Gekko pradapdao]]'' {{small|Meesok, Sumontha, Donbundit, & Pauwels, 2021}} *''[[Gekko reevesii]]'' {{small|(Gray, 1831)}} – Reeves's tokay gecko *''[[Gekko remotus]]'' {{small|Rösler, [[Ivan Ineich|Ineich]], [[:de:Thomas Wilms|Wilms]] & [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme]], 2012}} *''[[Gekko rhacophorus]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1899)}} – Sabah flying gecko *''[[Gekko romblon]]'' {{small|W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978}} – Philippine gecko *''[[Gekko rossi]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, Oliveros, Siler & Diesmos, 2009}} – Ross's Calayan gecko *''[[Gekko russelltraini]]'' {{small|Ngo, Bauer, Wood & J. Grismer, 2009}} – Russell Train's marble gecko *''[[Gekko scabridus]]'' {{small|Y. Liu & Zhou, 1982}} – Yunnan gecko *''[[Gekko scientiadventura]]'' {{small|Rösler, Ziegler, [[Ngoc Thanh Vu|Vu]], [[Hans-Werner Herrmann|Herrmann]] & Böhme, 2005}} *''[[Gekko sengchanthavongi]]'' {{small|Luu, Calame, T.Q. Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2015}} – Sengchanthavong’s gecko *''[[Gekko shibatai]]'' {{small|[[Mamoru Toda|Toda]], [[Showichi Sengoku|Sengoku]], [[Tsutomu Hikida|Hikida]] & Ota, 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, Bo; Watkins, Michel; Grayson, Michael (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 sorok]]'' {{small|Das, [[Maklarin Lakim|Lakim]] & [[Pius Kandaung|Kandaung]], 2008}} *''[[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, T.Q. Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2014}} – Thakhek gecko *''[[Gekko tokehos]]'' {{small|L. Grismer, Wood, J. Grismer, Quah, Thy, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, Seateun, B. Stuart, Siler, Mulcahy, Anamza & R.M. Brown, 2019}} – Cambodian parachute gecko *''[[Gekko trinotaterra]]'' {{small|R.M. Brown, 1999}} *''[[Gekko truongi]]'' {{small|[[Trung My Phung|Phung]] & Ziegler, 2011}} – Truong's gecko *''[[Gekko verreauxi]]'' {{small|[[Robert Christopher Tytler|Tytler]], 1865}} – Andaman giant gecko *''[[Gekko vertebralis]]'' {{small|Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota, 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}} {{commons category-inline}} * {{NCBI taxid|8565}} * {{ITIS|ID=174049|taxon=''Gekko''}} * {{EOL}} * {{NRDB genus|genus=Gekko}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201551/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]] {{Gekko-stub}}'