''Alsophylax'' is a

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of small

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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. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards ...

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, 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 eight species are recognized.The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org *'' Alsophylax emilia'' (Nazarov, Abduraupov, Shepelya, Gritsina, Melnikov, Buehler, Lapin, Poyarkov & Grismer, 2023), *'' Alsophylax ferganensis'' (Nazarov, Abduraupov, Shepelya, Gritsina, Melnikov, Buehler, Lapin, Poyarkov & Grismer, 2023), *'' Alsophylax laevis'' ( Nikolsky), 1907 - southern even-fingered gecko *'' Alsophylax loricatus'' (

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), 1887 - Strauch's even-fingered gecko *'' Alsophylax pipiens'' (

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, 1827) - even-fingered gecko *'' Alsophylax przewalskii'' (Strauch, 1887) - Xinjiang even-fingered gecko *'' Alsophylax szczerbaki'' ( Golubev & Sattarov, 1979) - Szczerbak's even-fingered gecko *'' Alsophylax tadjikiensis'' (Golubev, 1979) - Tadjikistan even-fingered gecko ''

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

Species

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