Teratoscincus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Teratoscincus
Species (9): T. bedriagai – T. keyserlingii – T. mesriensis – T. microlepis – T. przewalskii – T. roborowskii – T. rustamowi – T. scincus – T. sistanense
Name

Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863

Type species: Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863, by monotypy.

References
Additional references

Nazarov, R.A., Radjabizadeh, M., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Ananjeva, N.B., Melnikov, D.A. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2017. A New Species of Frog-Eyed Gecko, Genus Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863 (Squamata: Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae), from Central Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 24(4): 291–310. Reference page.
Akbarpour, M., Shafiei, S., Sehhatisabet, M.E. & Damadi, E. 2017. A New Species of Frog-eyed Gecko, Genus Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), from southeastern Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 63(4): 296–302. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2017.1388490. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Teratoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2020.
Teratoscincus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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.[2]

Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900 – Bedraiga's wonder gecko, Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko
Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863 – Persian wonder gecko
Teratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2017
Teratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1900 – small-scaled wonder gecko
Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887 – Przewalski's wonder gecko
Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906
Teratoscincus rustamowi Szczerbak, 1979
Teratoscincus scincus (Schlegel, 1858) – common wonder gecko, frog-eyed gecko
Teratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi, 2017

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

T. roborowskii is frequently found in the exotic animal trade. It is suitable for keeping in a desert vivarium.
References

"Teratoscincus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

Genus Teratoscincus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.