Gehyra is a genus

Genus

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 of gecko

Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm....

s known commonly as Web-toed Geckos or Dtellas. Dtellas are moderately-sized geckos; the species have a wide range of habitat, covering most of the Oceania

Oceania

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 and Melanesia

Melanesia

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n Islands up to Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands

The , also known as the , is a chain of islands in the western Pacific, on the eastern limit of the East China Sea and to the southwest of the island of Kyushu in Japan. From about 1829 until the mid 20th century, they were alternately called Luchu, Loochoo, or Lewchew, akin to the Mandarin...

 and Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Gehyra species have toepads and powerful claw

Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most mammals, birds, and some reptiles. However, the word "claw" is also often used in reference to an invertebrate. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end...

s. Like some other geckos they also have a tendency to drop strips of skin if handled carelessly.

Species

• Narrow-tailed Four-clawed Gecko, Gehyra angusticaudata
• Top-end Dtella, Gehyra australis
• Short-tailed Dtella, Gehyra baliola
• Banda Island Dtella, Gehyra barea
• Borroloola Dtella, Gehyra borroloola
• Palau Island Dtella, Gehyra brevipalmata
• Butler's Dtella, Gehyra butleri
• Chain-backed Dtella, Gehyra catenata
• Dubious Dtella, Gehyra dubia
• Fehlmann's Dtella, Gehyra fehlmanni
• Pilbara Spotted Gecko, Gehyra fenestra
• Ryukyu Dtella, Gehyra intermedia
• Oudeman's Dtella, Gehyra interstitialis
• Kimberley Dtella, Gehyra kimberleyi
• Banded Rock Dtella, Gehyra koira
• Lacerated Dtella, Gehyra lacerata
• lrian Jaya Dtella, Gehyra lampei
• Leopold Dtella, Gehyra leopoldi
• Moluccan Gecko, Gehyra marginata
• Port Moresby Dtella, Gehyra membranacruralis
• Dwarf Dtella, Gehyra minuta
• Centralian Dtella, Gehyra montium
• Stump-tailed Gecko, Gehyra mutilata
  Gehyra mutilata
  The four-clawed gecko is a wide-ranging lizard that is probably native to Southeast Asia. It has made its way to several areas of the world including Sri Lanka, Indochina, and many of the U.S. Pacific Islands...
  
  
• Northern Spotted Rock Dtella, Gehyra nana
• Kimberley Plateau Dtella, Gehyra occidentalis
• Pacific Dtella, Gehyra oceanica
  Gehyra oceanica
  The Oceanic Gecko, Gehyra oceanica, is a species of gecko in the genus Gehyra. It is also known as the Pacific Dtella or the Big Tree Gecko...
  
  
• Arnhemland Watercourse Dtella, Gehyra pamela
• Papua Dtella, Gehyra papuana
• Pilbara Dtella, Gehyra pilbara
• Spotted Dtella, Gehyra punctata
• Purplish Dtella, Gehyra purpurascens
• Robust Dtella, Gehyra robusta
• Tree Dtella, Gehyra variegata
  • Gehyra variegata ogasawarisimae
  • Gehyra variegata variegata
• Halmahera Giant, Gehyra vorax
• Crocodile-faced Dtella, Gehyra xenopus