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Homopholis

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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.

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Specimen records
10
Family
Gekkonidae
Collections
TM, ZMUC, USNM, CM, CAS, TCWC
Recorded in
South Africa, Nigeria, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Sans Origine

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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 Homopholis fasciata – banded velvet gecko, striped velvet gecko Homopholis mulleri – Muller's velvet gecko Homopholis wahlbergii – Wahlberg's velvet gecko

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Homopholis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.