abstract:Teratoscincus is a genus of geckos commonly referred to as wonder geckos or frog-eyed geckos; it is the only genus within the subfamily Teratoscincinae. They are found from the Arabian Peninsula in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, west across southern Asia in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to Mongolia and China.
Teratoscincusismorespecialized psammophilouslizardsin the family Gekkonidae, and primarilydistributinginthelow-altitudedesertsofCentral Asiaand itsadjacentregions.