Ancylodactylus

Ancylodactylus is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Most of the species in the genus Ancyclodactylus were formerly assigned to the genus Cnemaspis.^[1]

Ancylodactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907

Species

• A. africanus (F. Werner, 1895) – African gecko
• A. alantika (Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006)
• A. barbouri (Perret, 1986) – Barbour's gecko
• A. chyuluensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022
• A. dickersonae (Schmidt, 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, 1937) – Koehler's gecko
• A. laikipiensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022
• A. mathewsensis Malonza & Bauer, 2022
• A. occidentalis (Angel, 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: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ancyclodactylus.

References

1. Patrick K. Malonza; Aaron M. Bauer (25 May 2022). "Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya". Zootaxa. 5141 (2): 101–139. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5141.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q113550199.

• Data related to Ancylodactylus at Wikispecies