Mijusi-kafiri ni mijusi wa oda ya chini Gekkota wasio na kope (isipokuwa familia Eublepharidae) na wanaokiakia usiku (isipokuwa mijusi-kafiri mchana). Spishi zinazoishi katika nyumba za watu huitwa nikwata pia.
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Nikwata (Hemidactylus frenatus) | ||||||||||||||
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Mijusi hawa ni kundi lenye spishi nyingi kuliko makundi mengine: takriban spishi 1500, nyingi katika Afrika.
Spishi zilizochaguliwa za Afrika ya Mashariki
- Chondrodactylus turneri, Mjusi-kafiri Vidole-vinene wa Turner (Turner's thick-toed gecko)
- Cnemaspis africana, Mjusi-misitu wa Usambara (African gecko)
- Elasmodactylus tuberculosus, Mjusi-kafiri Vidole-vinene sugu (Warty thick-toed gecko)
- Hemidactylus frenatus, Nikwata au Mjusi-kafiri Nyumbani wa Kawaida (Common house gecko)
- Holodactylus africanus, Mjusi-kafiri Kucha (African clawed gecko)
- Homopholis fasciata, Mjusi-mahameli Mabaka (Banded velvet gecko)
- Lygodactylus keniensis, Mjusi-kafiri Mdogo wa Kenya (Kenyan dwarf gecko)
- Phelsuma dubia, Mjusi-kafiri Mchana Kijani (Dull-green day gecko)
- Pristurus crucifer, Mjusi-mchanga Msalaba (Cross-marked sand gecko)
- Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, Mjusi-kafiri wa Wolterstorff (Wolterstorff's gecko)
Picha
- Carphodactylidae (Carphodactylus laevis)
- Diplodactylidae (Diplodactylus damaeum)
- Eublepharidae (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, Mjusi-kafiri mkia-mnono)
- Gekkonidae (Hemidactylus brookii, Nikwata madoadoa)
- Phyllodactylidae (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, Mjusi-kafiri miguu-upepeo)
- Pygopodidae (Pygopus lepidopodus)
- Sphaerodactylidae (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, Mjusi-kafiri mchana wa Atlasi)
Marejeo
- Spawls, S., Howell, K., Drewes, R. & Ashe, J. (2002) A field guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA.
Viungo vya nje
- Hazinadata ya watambaachi
- Kinyesi cha Mjusi-kafiri ikilinganishwa na vinyesi za wanyama wengine na madhara yake kwa binadamu
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