Teratoscincus
Teratoscincus is a genus of geckos commonly referred to as wonder geckos or frog-eyed geckos; it is the only genus within the subfamily Teratoscincinae of the family Sphaerodactylidae. Species in the genus Teratoscincus are found from the Arabian Peninsula in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, west across southern Asia in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to Mongolia and China. The genus consists of nine species.
Member species
The genus Teratoscincus contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.- Teratoscincus bedriagai – Bedriaga's wonder gecko, Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko
- Teratoscincus keyserlingii – Persian wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus mesriensis
- Teratoscincus microlepis – small-scaled wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus przewalskii – Przewalski's wonder gecko
- Teratoscincus roborowskii
- Teratoscincus rustamowi
- Teratoscincus scincus – common wonder gecko, frog-eyed gecko
- Teratoscincus sistanense