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Persian Wonder Gecko
Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii), also known commonly as the giant frog-eyed gecko and Keyserling's wonder gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is native to western Asia.
Wikipedia contributors, Persian wonder gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:57:18.968062+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863
- Name authority
- Strauch, 1863
- Common name
- Persian Wonder Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Sphaerodactylidae
- Genus
- Teratoscincus
- 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
- familySphaerodactylidae
- genusTeratoscincus
- speciesTeratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Teratoscincus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bedriaga's Wonder GeckoTeratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Small-scaled Wonder GeckoTeratoscincus microlepis Nikolsky, 1900 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Teratoscincus roborowskii Bedriaga, 1906 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| frog-eyed geckoTeratoscincus mesriensis Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2017 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Teratoscincus rustamowi Szczerbak, 1979 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sistan frog-eyed geckoTeratoscincus sistanense Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi, 2017 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Przewalski's Wonder GeckoTeratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887 | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Wonder GeckoTeratoscincus scincus (Schlegel, 1858) | SphaerodactylidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Teratoscincus zarudnyi Nikolsky, 1896 Nikolsky, 1896 | synonym |
| Teratoscincus keyzerlingii Terentjew & Chernov, 1949 Terentjew & Chernov, 1949 | 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=Teratoscincus&species=keyserlingii 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:55DWN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.