Stefan F. Wirth#Leopardgeckos (#Eublepharidae) are relatives of the Gekkonidae. The authors P. Jonniaux & Y. Kumazawa (2008) reconstruct using #mtDNA that Eublepharidae and geckos as sister taxa form a sistergroup with #Pygopodidae. Leopardgeckos lack the adhesive lamellae on their feet and the fused transparent eyelids of real geckos. However, the phylogenetic reading is complicated.
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1) "Orpheus"
2) feeding #behavior
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#Leopardgecko #Eublepharis #macularius (#Eublepharidae, #Squamata): Eublepharidae are close relatives of the #Gekkonidae, but they lack the well known gecko characters such as adhesive #lamellae on their feet and transparent and with each other firmly fused #eyelids, instead the…