Advanced Leopard Gecko Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata    Suborder: Scleroglossa        Infraorder: - Gekkota Family: Eublepharidae    Subfamily: Eublepharinae Genus: Eublepharis Species: E. macularius

Common Leopard Gecko Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gekkonidae    Subfamily: Eublepharinae Genus: Eublepharis Species: E. macularius

Kingdom: Animalia

Animalia is the kingdom which includes organisms that have a true nucleus (eukaryotic). They are multi-cellular, and do not make their own food. (heterotrophic).

Phylum: Chordata

Chordates are animals that have a notochord (a rod-shaped supporting axis, or backbone) at some point in their life. Chordates include the vertebrates, cephalochordates, and urochordates.

Class: Reptilia

Reptilia is the class of cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrates. They have a completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates.

Order: Squamata

Members of the order Squamata have movable quadrate bones. (Quadrate bones help form part of the jaw joint.) Males of this group possess hemipenis'.

Suborder: Scleroglossa

Scleroglossa means "hard-tongued" and is one of the 2 major groups that resulted from squamates splitting up 30+ million years ago. The other is Iguania.

Infraorder: Gekkota

This infraorder groups all geckos and the legless Pygopodidae. (legless lizards)

Family: Eublepharidae

The Eye-lid geckos.

Subfamily: Eublepharinae

A subfamily that contains the following genera: Coleonyx, Eublepharis, Goniurosaurus, Hemitheconyx, Holodactylus

Genus: Eublepharis

The true eye-lid geckos. Defined by their lack of lamellae, functioning eye-lids, nocturnal nature, and bumpy skin texture.

Species: E. macularius

Commonly known as the Leopard Gecko.
(Sub-species include: Eublepharis macularius afghanicus, Eublepharis macularius fasciolatus, Eublepharis macularius macularius, Eublepharis macularius montanus and Eublepharis macularius smithi)


· Taxonomy is always evolving and changing. As of writing this resource, the taxonomic structure was accurate.