Homopholis

Homopholis
Homopholis fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Uroplatinae
Genus:	Homopholis Boulenger, 1885
Diversity
Four species (see text)

Homopholis is a genus of geckos in the family Gekkonidae. Species in the genus Homopholis are native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Their diet consists of small insects, and they are oviparous.

Species

There are four species in the genus Homopholis.

• Homopholis arnoldi Loveridge, 1944
• Homopholis fasciata (Boulenger, 1890) – banded velvet gecko, striped velvet gecko
• Homopholis mulleri Visser, 1987 – Muller's velvet gecko
• Homopholis wahlbergii (A. Smith, 1849) – Wahlberg's velvet gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Homopholis.

Nomenclatural note: The spelling walbergii was corrected to wahlbergii by Andrew Smith (1849) in an errata within an addenda slip (unpaginated).

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Homopholis, new genus, p. 191).