Alsophylax

Alsophylax is a genus of small species of geckos, endemic to Central Asia, commonly known as even-fingered geckos. The snout-vent length of these geckos is normally no more than Template:Convert. Little is known of their ecology or reproductive habits.

Species

The following eight species are recognized.<ref name="ITIS"/><ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org</ref>

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

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

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 Alsophylax, p. 19).
• Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices.
  (Alsophylax, p. 90). (in Latin).