Sphaerodactylidae

The Sphaerodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The family contains 12 living genera and over 200 living species.^[2][3][4] The family name comes from the ball shape of their finger joints.

Sphaerodactylidae Temporal range: Eocene - Present[1] ~47–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Superfamily:	Gekkonoidea
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae Underwood, 1954
Genera
12, see text.

Genera

The following genera are recognized as valid:^[5]

List of genera
Genus	Image	Type species	Taxon author	Common name	Species
Aristelliger	A. georgeensis	A. lar Cope, 1862	Cope, 1862	Croaking geckos and Caribbean geckos	9
Chatogekko	C. amazonicus	C. amazonicus (Andersson, 1918)	Gamble, Daza, Colli, Vitt & Bauer, 2011	Brazilian pygmy gecko	1
Coleodactylus	C. natalensis	C. meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888)	Parker, 1926		5
Euleptes	E. europaea	E. europaea (Gené, 1839)	Fitzinger, 1843	European leaf-toed gecko	1
†Geiseleptes[6]		†G.delfinoi Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022	Villa, Wings & Rabi, 2022		1
Gonatodes	G. ceciliae	G. albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	Fitzinger, 1843	Dwarf geckos	34
Lepidoblepharis	L. xanthostigma	L. festae Peracca, 1897	Peracca, 1897	Scaly-eyed geckos	21
Pristurus	P. rupestris	P. flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835	Rüppell, 1835	Rock geckos	26
Pseudogonatodes	P. guianensis	P. furvus Ruthven, 1915	Ruthven, 1915	South American clawed geckos	7
Quedenfeldtia	Q. trachyblepharus	Q. trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1873)	Boettger, 1883	Atlas day geckos	2
Saurodactylus	S. brosseti	S. mauritanicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)	Fitzinger, 1843	Lizard-fingered geckos	7
Sphaerodactylus	S. fantasticus	S. sputator (Sparrman, 1784)	Wagler, 1830	Sphaeros and least geckos	108
Teratoscincus	T. bedriagai	T. keyserlingii Strauch, 1863	Strauch, 1863	Wonder geckos	9