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gecko

family of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q15872

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon
Award received
Zootier des Jahres[2]
Described by source
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7][8][9]
Parent taxon
Gekkonoidea[4]
Taxon common name
gekonovití, Gecko, Գեկոններ, ヤモリ科, Гекони, Gekonowate, จิ้งจก, ตุ๊กแก, Sakangurgiller, Геконові, egentlige gekkoer[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Gekkonidae[5]
Taxon rank
family[3]
Taxonomic type
Gekko[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gekkonids en gecko en geckos en Gekkonid ar وزغية cs Gekkonidae cs gekonovití da Gekkonidae da Gekkoer de Gekkonidae el Γεκκονίδες en-gb geckos fa جکو fi gekko fi gekkoliskot fi Gekkonidae fi gekot he שממיתיים hi गेक्कोनिडाए hu gekkófélék
🔖 Identifiers · 49
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85053649
OpenAlex ID
C2778216243
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tokay.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Gekkonidae
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Gekkonidae
Australian Reptile Online Database ID
Squamata/Gekkonidae
BBC Things ID
65e132ed-b8db-48d6-b413-a44ae446e5d6
BNCF Thesaurus ID
3867
BOLD Systems taxon ID
22582
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123406473
Catalogue of Life ID
6247T
EPPO Code
1GEKKF
Show all 49 identifiers +37
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1715
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/gecko
Fauna Europaea ID
15566
Fauna Europaea New ID
e0bbdce1-7fc4-4476-8433-104e03260166
Fossilworks taxon ID
37899
Freebase ID
/m/0pdnymj
GBIF taxon ID
5666
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120_xfmm
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
gekkoer
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2348327
INaturalist taxon ID
33177
IRMNG ID
102820
ITIS TSN
174034
Interlingual Index ID
i44100
Klexikon article ID
Geckos
Lex ID
gekko
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778216243
Museum-digital tag ID
102744
NALT ID
42485
NBIC scientific name ID
169503
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000164588
NCBI taxonomy ID
8561
NL CR AUT ID
ph114608
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007560565505171
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
242f2614-b2f6-4753-a967-14663cdea1ac
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3904644
Open Tree of Life ID
190151
Plazi ID
8F7087F7-FF89-CD15-FEB9-687FDCBDFCCA
Quora topic ID
Gekkonidae
SVKKL authority ID
h0005142-gekonoviti
Subreddit
geckos
Topic's main category
Category:Gekkonidae
VerbaAlpina ID
C2815
Wellcome Collection concept ID
mkwwwhar
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01677491-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/e8110612-6bc9-4f4a-999e-1ed5380a02c0
ZooBank ID for name or act
C8822423-34CB-4CE1-B7B3-3AB428A60319

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 63
Gekko, Phelsuma, Cyrtodactylus, Uroplatus, Afroedura, Bunopus, Lygodactylus, Ptychozoon +55 more
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
family
Taxonomic type 1
Gekko
Topic's main category 1
Category:Gekkonidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Gekkonidae
← Main food source 1
honey badger
← Species kept 1
Alice Springs Reptile Centre
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Summary

gecko is a taxon[1].

FAQs

What awards did gecko receive?

Honors received include Zootier des Jahres[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C2815
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ VerbaAlpina ID: C2815, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i44100
    SVKKL authority ID → h0005142-gekonoviti
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01677491-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Gekko
    Topic's main category → Category:Gekkonidae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007560565505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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