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Euleptes

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Euleptes
Temporal range: Miocene – Recent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Euleptes
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

Euleptes is a genus of geckos represented by the European leaf-toed gecko (Euleptes europaea), the sole extant species.

Two extinct species are known from the Miocene of the France, Czech Republic and Slovakia; E. gallica and E. klembarai.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Čerňanský, A.; Bauer, A.M. (2010). "Euleptes gallica Müller (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Lower Miocene of North-West Bohemia, Czech Republic". Folia Zoologica. 59 (4): 323–328. doi:10.25225/fozo.v59.i4.a8.2010. S2CID 85769585.
  2. ^ Čerňanský, A.; Daza, J.D.; Bauer, A.M. (2018). "Geckos from the middle Miocene of Devínska Nová Ves (Slovakia): new material and a review of the previous record". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 111 (1–2): 183–190. doi:10.1007/s00015-017-0292-1. S2CID 135177121.

See also

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