Wonder Geckos
Teratoscincus
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 six species.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Common Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus scincus
Persian Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus keyserlingii
Bedriaga's Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus bedriagai
Przewalski's Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus przewalskii
Tibetan Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus roborowskii
Teratoscincus rustamowi
speciesTeratoscincus rustamowi
Teratoscincus mesriensis
speciesTeratoscincus mesriensis
Teratoscincus sistanense
speciesTeratoscincus sistanense
Small-scaled Wonder Gecko
speciesTeratoscincus microlepis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33569.