Gehyra

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Gehyra dubia, dubious dtella

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Gehyra mutilata, stump-toed gecko

Gehyra is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. Species within the genus are known as web-toed geckos or dtellas, and most bear close resemblance to geckos from the genus Hemidactylus.

Geographic range

Gehyra species have a wide geographic range, covering most of the Oceania and Melanesian Islands as far north as the Ryukyu Islands and Thailand.

Description

Dtellas are moderate-sized geckos that resemble house geckos. Gehyra species have toepads and powerful claws. Like some other geckos, they have a tendency to drop strips of skin if handled carelessly. Similar to house geckos, dtellas are able to communicate with clicks or chirps, although their chirp is often quieter than that of house geckos.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref>Genus "Gehyra ". at Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/Gekkonidae.</ref>

• Gehyra angusticaudata Template:Small – narrow-tailed four-clawed gecko
• Gehyra arnhemica Template:Small – East Arnhem land gehyra
• Gehyra australis Template:Small – top-end dtella
• Gehyra baliola Template:Small – short-tailed dtella
• Gehyra barea Template:Small – Banda Island dtella
• Gehyra borroloola Template:Small – Borroloola dtella
• Gehyra brevipalmata Template:Small – Palau Island dtella
• Gehyra calcitectus Template:Small – relictual karst gehyra
• Gehyra capensis Template:Small – North West Cape gehyra
• Gehyra catenata Template:Small – chain-backed dtella
• Gehyra chimera Template:Small – western Kimberley tree gehyra
• Gehyra crypta Template:Small – western cryptic gehyra
• Gehyra dubia Template:Small – dubious dtella
• Gehyra einasleighensis Template:Small<ref name="Bourke2017">Template:Cite journal (Gehyra einasleighensis, new species).</ref> – Einasleigh rock dtella
• Gehyra electrum Template:Small – amber rock dtella
• Gehyra fehlmanni Template:Small – Fehlmann's dtella
• Gehyra fenestrula Template:Small – Hamersley Range spotted gehyra
• Gehyra finipunctata Template:Small – small-spotted midwest rock gehyra
• Gehyra gemina Template:Small – plain tree gehyra
• Gehyra georgpotthasti Template:Small
• Gehyra girloorloo Template:Small – Kimberley karst gecko
• Gehyra granulum Template:Small – Kimberley granular-toed gecko
• Gehyra incognita Template:Small – northern Pilbara cryptic gehyra
• Gehyra insulensis Template:Small – Pacific stump-toed gecko
• Gehyra interstitialis Template:Small – Oudemans's dtella
• Gehyra ipsa Template:Small – Bungle Bungle Ranges gehyra
• Gehyra kimberleyi Template:Small – Kimberley dtella
• Gehyra koira Template:Small – banded rock dtella
• Gehyra lacerata Template:Small – lacerated dtella
• Gehyra lapistola Template:Small – Litchfield rock gehyra
• Gehyra lauta Template:Small – Gulf tree gehyra
• Gehyra lazelli Template:Small
• Gehyra leopoldi Template:Small – Leopold dtella
• Gehyra macra Template:Small – large Pilbara rock gehyra
• Gehyra marginata Template:Small – Halmahera giant gecko, Ternate dtella
• Gehyra media Template:Small – medium Pilbara spotted rock gehyra
• Gehyra membranacruralis Template:Small – Port Moresby dtella
• Gehyra micra Template:Small – small Pilbara spotted rock gehyra
• Gehyra minuta Template:Small – dwarf dtella
• Gehyra montium Template:Small – Centralian dtella
• Gehyra moritzi Template:Small
• Gehyra multiporosa Template:Small
• Gehyra mutilata Template:Small – common four-clawed gecko, stump-toed gecko
• Gehyra nana Template:Small – northern spotted rock dtella
• Gehyra occidentalis Template:Small – Kimberley Plateau dtella
• Gehyra oceanica Template:Small – Pacific dtella
• Gehyra ocellata Template:Small – Pilbara island gehyra
• Gehyra pamela Template:Small – Arnhemland watercourse dtella
• Gehyra papuana Template:Small – Papua dtella
• Gehyra paranana Template:Small – Litchfield spotted gecko
• Gehyra peninsularis Template:Small – Burrup Peninsula rock gehyra
• Gehyra pilbara Template:Small – Pilbara dtella
• Gehyra pluraporosa Template:Small – northern Kimberley gecko
• Gehyra polka Template:Small – large-spotted midwest rock gehyra
• Gehyra pseudopunctata Template:Small – southern Kimberley spotted gecko
• Gehyra pulingka Template:Small
• Gehyra punctata Template:Small – spotted dtella
• Gehyra purpurascens Template:Small – purplish dtella
• Gehyra robusta Template:Small – robust dtella
• Gehyra rohan Template:Small
• Gehyra serraticauda Template:Small
• Gehyra spheniscus Template:Small – small wedge-toed gecko
• Gehyra unguiculata Template:Small – crescent-marked Pilbara gehyra
• Gehyra variegata Template:Small – tree dtella
• Gehyra versicolor Template:Small
• Gehyra vorax Template:Small – voracious dtella
• Gehyra wongchan Template:Small
• Gehyra xenopus Template:Small – crocodile-faced dtella
• Gehyra shiva Template:Small – Shiva four-clawed gecko
• Gehyra aquilonia Template:Small – North Papuan Stump-toed Gecko
• Gehyra chrysopeleia Template:Small – Sudest Stump-toed Gecko
• Gehyra corona Template:Small – Crown Island Stump-toed Gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gehyra.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Genus Gehyra, p. 147).
• Gray JE (1834). "Characters of Two New Genera of Reptiles (Geoemyda and Gehyra)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 99–100. (Gehyra, new genus, p. 100). (in Latin and English).

• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Genus Gehyra, p. 104, Figure 30).

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