Hemitheconyx is a genus 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....

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Classification of genus Hemitheconyx

• African fat-tailed gecko
  African fat-tailed gecko
  Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, commonly known as the African Fat-tailed Gecko, is a nocturnal, ground-dwelling gecko.The Fat-tailed gecko is from the subfamily Eublepharinae. Members of this subfamily include the leopard gecko of Iran. This subfamily has clearly different characteristics from other...
  
  , Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
• Taylor's Fat-tailed Gecko, Hemitheconyx taylori

Hemitheconyx caudicinctus or the African Fat-tailed Gecko, occurs in the West Africa

West Africa

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n countries of Cameroon

Cameroon

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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, Senegal

Senegal

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, Togo

Togo

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, Mali

Mali

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, and vory Coast. It is primarily a scrub to desert

Desert

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 inhabitant, and has become one of the most popular lizards in the pet trade (where this specimen originated) due to its striking appearance, velvety skin, and docile nature.

Hemitheconyx caudicinctus is a Eublepharid gecko (see also Coleonyx variegatus

Coleonyx variegatus

The Western Banded Gecko is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico .-Description:...

, the Western Banded Gecko). Eublepharids have a worldwide distribution including North and Central America

Central America

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, Asia

Asia

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 (including Japan

Japan

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), and Africa. This clade, also known as the 'eyelid geckos', is characterized in part by the presence of eyelid

Eyelid

An eyelid is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. With the exception of the prepuce and the labia minora, it has the thinnest skin of the whole body. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid to "open" the eye. This can be either voluntarily or involuntarily...

s, a supratemporal bone, and an angular bone, all features that can be seen in the animations above. Their combination of features indicate that Eublepharids are the most basal lineage of gekkos.