''Alsophylax'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of small

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former ...

, commonly known as even-fingered geckos. The snout-vent length of these geckos is normally no more than . Little is known of their

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or reproductive habits.

Species

The following six species are recognized.The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org *''

Alsophylax laevis The southern even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax laevis'') is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geck ...

'' Nikolsky, 1907 - southern even-fingered gecko *''

Alsophylax loricatus Strauch's even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax loricatus'') is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geck ...

'' Strauch, 1887 - Strauch's even-fingered gecko *''

Alsophylax pipiens ''Alsophylax pipiens'', also known as the even-fingered gecko, is a species of gecko found in Mongolia (Gobi Desert), former USSR between Wolga and Ural; Kazakhstan ( Caspian Sea to Lake Zaysan) south to Uzbekistan, N Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzsta ...

'' (

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, 1827) - even-fingered gecko *''

Alsophylax przewalskii The Xinjiang even-fingered gecko or Przewalski's pygmy gecko (''Alsophylax przewalskii'') is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''przewalskii'', is in honor of Russian e ...

'' Strauch, 1887 - Xinjiang even-fingered gecko *''

Alsophylax szczerbaki Szczerbak's even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax szczerbaki'') is a species of gecko found in Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to t ...

Golubev Golubev (russian: Голубев; masculine) or Golubeva (; feminine) is a Russian last name, derived from the Russian word ' (''golub'', "pigeon"). It may refer to: *Aleksandr Titovich Golubev (1936-2020), Soviet and Russian intelligence officer *A ...

& Sattarov, 1979 - Szczerbak's even-fingered gecko *''

Alsophylax tadjikiensis The Tadjikistan even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax tadjikiensis'') is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekk ...

'' Golubev, 1979 - Tadjikistan even-fingered gecko ''

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'': A

binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Alsophylax''.

Species

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