''Ancylodactylus'' is a
genus
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of
diurnal (day)
gecko
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Geckos ar ...
s in the
family
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Gekkonidae. The genus is
endemic
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to
Africa
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. Most of the
species
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in the genus ''Ancyclodactylus'' were formerly assigned to the genus ''
Cnemaspis
''Cnemaspis'' is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos found in Asia. With over 100 species, it is one of the most diverse genera of geckos. Molecular phylogenies suggest that the two regional groupings may form distinct clades which are not each oth ...
''.
Species
*''
A. africanus''
( F. Werner, 1895) – African gecko
*''
A. alantika''
(Bauer
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, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006)
*''
A. barbouri''
( Perret, 1986) – Barbour's gecko
*''
A. chyuluensis''
Malonza & Bauer, 2022
*''
A. dickersonae''
(Schmidt
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, 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 __NOTOC__
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Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 43.4% of all known bearers of the surname ''Merte ...
, 1937) – Koehler's gecko
*''
A. laikipiensis''
Malonza & Bauer, 2022
*''
A. mathewsensis''
Malonza & Bauer, 2022
*''
A. occidentalis''
(Angel
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, 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
''
Nota bene
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It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature
and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the atten ...
'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ancyclodactylus''.
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q113550219
Reptiles of Africa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Lorenz Müller