Eublefar

	Eublefar
	; Eublepharis macularius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Reptiles
Subclass :	Diapsids
Infraclass :	Lepidosauromorphs
Squadron :	Lepidosaurs
Squad:	Scaly
Suborder :	Lizards
Infrastructure :	Gecko
Family:	Eublefar
International scientific name
	Eublepharidae

Eublepharic ^[1] ^[2] ( lat. Eublepharidae) is a family of gecko-shaped infraorder lizards .

Content

Description

Nocturnal species feed on insects. Length up to 26 cm. Body mottled, with a number of transverse dark stripes. A group of geckos with more primitive features (have moving eyelids). A couple of eggs are laid, in some species the sex is determined by the incubation temperature ^[3] .

Distribution

America , Asia , Africa .

Classification

In the Eublepharidae family, 30 species combined into 6 genera ^[4] :

Aeluroscalabotes - Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand ^[5]
Coleonyx - America
Eublepharis - Eublefar - Asia
Goniurosaurus - Asia
Hemitheconyx - West Africa
Holodactylus - Northeast Africa

Recently, molecular genetic analysis performed by Jonniaux & Kumazawa (2008) ^[6] confirmed morphological studies performed by Grismer (1988), ^[7] showing that the Eublepharidae family should be divided into two subfamilies, Aeluroscalabotinae and Eublepharinae .

Phylogeny

  o Gekkota
            │
            ├─o Eublepharidae
            │ ├─o Aeluroscalabotinae
            │ └─o Eublepharinae
            │
            └─o Gekkonoidea
              │ 
              ├─o Pygopodidae
              │ ├─o Pygopodinae
              │ └─o Diplodactylinae
              │ ├─o Diplodactylini
              │ └─o Carphodactylini
              │
              └─o Gekkonidae
                ├─o Heteropholis
                ├─o Teratoscincinae
                └─o Gekkoninae
                  ├─o Gekkonini
                  └─o
                    ├─o Sphaerodactylini
                    └─o Ptyodactylini

Notes

↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status) . - SPb. : Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. - P. 30. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .
↑ Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. Lizards of Vietnam (Series: Vietnam Biodiversity). - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2008. - P. 11. - 226 p. - ISBN 978-87317-498-0
↑ Bauer, Aaron M. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians / Cogger, HG & Zweifel, RG. - San Diego: Academic Press, 1998 .-- P. 146–147. - ISBN 0-12-178560-2 .
↑ The Reptile Database: Eublepharidae
↑ The Reptile Database: Aeluroscalabotes felinus
↑ Jonniaux P, Kumazawa Y. ( 2008 ). Molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using mitochondrial DNA sequences of eyelid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Gene 407 (1-2): 105-15
↑ Grismer, LL ( 1988 ). Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Classification, and Biogeography of Eublepharid Geckos in: Estes, R. & Pregill, G. (eds.). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1435-5 . pp. 369-469

Literature

H. Seufer, Y. Kaverkin, A. Kirschner ( 2005 ). The Eyelash Geckos. Care, Breeding and Natural History. - @ 2005 Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, Hermann-Hesse-Str. 6, D-76189 Karlsruhe, Germany

[atlas-1] Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status) . - SPb. : Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. - P. 30. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .

[vietnam-2] Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. Lizards of Vietnam (Series: Vietnam Biodiversity). - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2008. - P. 11. - 226 p. - ISBN 978-87317-498-0

[EoR-3] Bauer, Aaron M. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians / Cogger, HG & Zweifel, RG. - San Diego: Academic Press, 1998 .-- P. 146–147. - ISBN 0-12-178560-2 .

[4] The Reptile Database: Eublepharidae

[5] The Reptile Database: Aeluroscalabotes felinus

[6] Jonniaux P, Kumazawa Y. ( 2008 ). Molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using mitochondrial DNA sequences of eyelid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Gene 407 (1-2): 105-15

[7] Grismer, LL ( 1988 ). Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Classification, and Biogeography of Eublepharid Geckos in: Estes, R. & Pregill, G. (eds.). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1435-5 . pp. 369-469