NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Madagascar Clawless Gecko
Ebenavia inunguis Boettger, 1878
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Madagascar clawless gecko (Ebenavia inunguis), Vohimana reserve, Madagascar
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Madagascar clawless gecko (Ebenavia inunguis) is a small nocturnal species. It is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, the Comores and Pemba island. By day they hide under the bark of big rainforest trees or in leaf litter. Despite their name, females of the species do have claws.
Wikipedia contributors, Madagascar clawless gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:23:30.860481+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ebenavia inunguis Boettger, 1878
- Name authority
- Boettger, 1878
- Common name
- Madagascar Clawless Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Ebenavia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusEbenavia
- speciesEbenavia inunguis Boettger, 1878
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ebenavia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ebenavia boettgeri Boulenger, 1885 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebenavia robusta Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw, 2018 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebenavia tuelinae Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw, 2018 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebenavia maintimainty Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ebenavia boettgeri Boulenger, 1885 Boulenger, 1885 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ebenavia&species=inunguis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38C8W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.