Eublepharis
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The genus Eublepharis was first described by the British zoologist John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....

 in 1827. The etymology of their name is 'eu' = Good (=true) |'blephar' = Eyelid, and all have fully functional eyelids. Members of this genus are found in eastern and southwestern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 where they are found in arid and semiarid habitats. These geckos are sturdily built. Their tail is shorter than their snout-vent length and their body is covered with numerous wart-like bumps. The toes do not have adhesive lamellae. Eublepharis are crepuscular or nocturnal ground-dwellers.

Five species are currently recognized.

Classification of genus Eublepharis

  • Iraqi Eyelid Gecko
    Iraqi eyelid gecko
    The Iraqi eyelid gecko, Eublepharis angramainyu, is a ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail ....

    , Eublepharis angramainyu
    Iraqi eyelid gecko
    The Iraqi eyelid gecko, Eublepharis angramainyu, is a ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail ....

  • Eublepharis fuscus
    Eublepharis fuscus
    This subspieces of leopard gecko is a species of gecko found in western India .-References:...

  • East Indian Leopard Gecko
    Eublepharis hardwickii
    East Indian Leopard Gecko is a species of gecko found in India.-Description:Body stout; limbs rather short; digits short. Snout as long as distance between orbit and ear-opening; the latter large, suboval, vertical...

    , Eublepharis hardwickii
    Eublepharis hardwickii
    East Indian Leopard Gecko is a species of gecko found in India.-Description:Body stout; limbs rather short; digits short. Snout as long as distance between orbit and ear-opening; the latter large, suboval, vertical...

  • Common Leopard Gecko
    Leopard gecko
    The leopard gecko is a nocturnal ground-dwelling lizard naturally found in the deserts of southern Central Asia, and throughout Pakistan, to the northwestern parts of India. Unlike most geckos, leopard geckos possess movable eyelids...

    , Eublepharis macularius
    • Afghan leopard gecko
      Afghan leopard gecko
      The Afghan leopard gecko is one of the five subspecies of the common leopard gecko, a small to midsized lizard belonging to the family Gekkonidae. This subspecies was first discovered by entomologist Carl Julius Bernhard Börner in 1976...

      , Eublepharis macularius afghanicus
      Afghan leopard gecko
      The Afghan leopard gecko is one of the five subspecies of the common leopard gecko, a small to midsized lizard belonging to the family Gekkonidae. This subspecies was first discovered by entomologist Carl Julius Bernhard Börner in 1976...

    • Eublepharis macularius fasciolatus
    • Eublepharis macularius macularius
    • Eublepharis macularius montanus
    • Eublepharis macularius smithi
  • Turkmenistan Eyelid Gecko
    Turkmenistan Eyelid Gecko
    The Turkmenistan eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Turkmenistan and northern Iran. Mainly insectivorous, it may also eat smaller vertebrates. Like many other lizards has the ability to shed its tail .-References:*...

    , Eublepharis turcmenicus
    Turkmenistan Eyelid Gecko
    The Turkmenistan eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Turkmenistan and northern Iran. Mainly insectivorous, it may also eat smaller vertebrates. Like many other lizards has the ability to shed its tail .-References:*...



The members of the Goniurosaurus kuroiwae superspecies
Superspecies
A superspecies is a group of at least two more or less distinctive species with approximately parapatric distributions. Not all species complexes, whether cryptices or ring species are superspecies, and vice versa, but many are...

 were formerly considered members of the genus Eublepharis, and were described under the synonyms Eublepharis orientalis Okada, 1936; Eublepharis kuroiwae; Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae; Eublepharis kuroiwae splendens Nakamura & Uano, 1959; Eublepharis splendens, Eublepharis kuroiwae Maki, 1931, and others.
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