Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Mexico
21
No. 2
Peru
17
No. 3
Ecuador
14
No. 4
Brazil
12
No. 5
Cape Verde
12
No. 6
Iran
10
No. 7
Oman
10
No. 8
Argentina
9
No. 9
Algeria
8
No. 10
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
8
No. 11
Bahia [Brazil]
7
No. 12
Egypt
7
No. 13
Mauritania
7
No. 14
Morocco
7
No. 15
Paraguay
7
No. 16
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
6
No. 17
Guerrero [Mexico]
6
No. 18
Libya
6
No. 19
Michoacan [Mexico]
6
No. 20
United Arab Emirates
6
No. 21
Alagoas [Brazil]
5
No. 22
Iraq
5
No. 23
Mali
5
No. 24
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
5
No. 25
Pernambuco [Brazil]
5
No. 26
Spain
5
No. 27
Sudan
5
No. 28
Western Sahara
5
No. 29
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
4
No. 30
Bolivia
4
No. 31
Burkina Faso
4
No. 32
Canary Islands [Spain]
4
No. 33
Chad
4
No. 34
Colombia
4
No. 35
Honduras
4
No. 36
Jordan
4
No. 37
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
4
No. 38
Niger
4
No. 39
Paraiba [Brazil]
4
No. 40
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
4
No. 41
Senegal
4
No. 42
Sergipe [Brazil]
4
No. 43
Tunisia
4
No. 44
Venezuela
4
No. 45
Belize
3
No. 46
Cameroon
3
No. 47
Ceara [Brazil]
3
No. 48
Chile
3
No. 49
Fogo [Cape Verde]
3
No. 50
Goias [Brazil]
3
No. 51
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
3
No. 52
Israel
3
No. 53
Maranhao [Brazil]
3
No. 54
Nayarit [Mexico]
3
No. 55
Oaxaca [Mexico]
3
No. 56
Para [Brazil]
3
No. 57
Piaui [Brazil]
3
No. 58
Sao Nicolau [Cape Verde]
3
No. 59
Sinai [Egypt]
3
No. 60
Sonora [Mexico]
3
No. 61
Syria
3
No. 62
Tocantins [Brazil]
3
No. 63
Yemen
3
No. 64
Acre [Brazil]
2
No. 65
Amazonas [Brazil]
2
No. 66
Aruba [Netherlands]
2
No. 67
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
2
No. 68
Barbados
2
No. 69
Benin
2
No. 70
Boa Vista [Cape Verde]
2
No. 71
Bonaire [Netherlands]
2
No. 72
Branco [Cape Verde]
2
No. 73
Central African Republic
2
No. 74
Chiapas [Mexico]
2
No. 75
Costa Rica
2
No. 76
Cuba
2
No. 77
Curacao [Netherlands]
2
No. 78
Djibouti
2
No. 79
Eritrea
2
No. 80
Ethiopia
2
No. 81
Gambia
2
No. 82
Ghana
2
No. 83
Guatemala
2
No. 84
Guinea
2
No. 85
Hierro [Spain]
2
No. 86
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
2
No. 87
Italy
2
No. 88
Ivory Coast
2
No. 89
Jalisco [Mexico]
2
No. 90
Margarita [Venezuela]
2
No. 91
Nicaragua
2
No. 92
Nigeria
2
No. 93
Portugal
2
No. 94
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
2
No. 95
Razo [Cape Verde]
2
No. 96
Rondonia [Brazil]
2
No. 97
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
2
No. 98
San Cristobal [Ecuador]
2
No. 99
Santiago (Cape Verde) [Cape Verde]
2
No. 100
Santo Antao [Cape Verde]
2
No. 101
Saudi Arabia
2
No. 102
Sierra Leone
2
No. 103
Sinaloa [Mexico]
2
No. 104
Socotra [Yemen]
2
No. 105
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
2
No. 106
Somalia
2
No. 107
Togo
2
No. 108
Turkey
2
No. 109
Utila [Honduras]
2
No. 110
Aegadian Islands [Italy]
1
No. 111
Aeolian Islands [Italy]
1
No. 112
Albania
1
No. 113
Amapa [Brazil]
1
No. 114
Anavilhanas Archipelago [Brazil]
1
No. 115
Anegada [British Virgin Islands]
1
No. 116
Anguilla
1
No. 117
Anguilla Island [Anguilla]
1
No. 118
Antigua [Antigua & Barbuda]
1
No. 119
Antigua & Barbuda
1
No. 120
Bahamas
1
No. 121
Barbareta [Honduras]
1
No. 122
Barbuda [Antigua & Barbuda]
1
No. 123
Blanquilla [Venezuela]
1
No. 124
Brava [Cape Verde]
1
No. 125
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
1
No. 126
California [USA]
1
No. 127
Campeche [Mexico]
1
No. 128
Capraia [Italy]
1
No. 129
Capri [Italy]
1
No. 130
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
1
No. 131
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
1
No. 132
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
1
No. 133
Chihuahua [Mexico]
1
No. 134
Colima [Mexico]
1
No. 135
Conigli Islet [Italy]
1
No. 136
Corsica [France]
1
No. 137
Croatia
1
No. 138
Dahlak Archipelago [Eritrea]
1
No. 139
Desirade [Guadeloupe]
1
No. 140
Dominica
1
No. 141
Dominican Republic
1
No. 142
Durango [Mexico]
1
No. 143
El Salvador
1
No. 144
Elba [Italy]
1
No. 145
Espanola [Ecuador]
1
No. 146
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
1
No. 147
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
1
No. 148
Farasan Islands [Saudi Arabia]
1
No. 149
Fernandina [Ecuador]
1
No. 150
Floreana [Ecuador]
1
No. 151
France
1
No. 152
French Guiana [France]
1
No. 153
French mainland [France]
1
No. 154
Fuerteventura [Spain]
1
No. 155
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
1
No. 156
Gomera [Spain]
1
No. 157
Gran Canaria [Spain]
1
No. 158
Grenada
1
No. 159
Grenada Island [Grenada]
1
No. 160
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
1
No. 161
Guadeloupe [France]
1
No. 162
Guanaja [Honduras]
1
No. 163
Guinea-Bissau
1
No. 164
Guyana
1
No. 165
Haiti
1
No. 166
Iles de la Petite Terre [Guadeloupe]
1
No. 167
Iles des Saintes [Guadeloupe]
1
No. 168
Isabela [Ecuador]
1
No. 169
Isla Angel de la Guarda [Mexico]
1
No. 170
Isla Cabeza de Caballo [Mexico]
1
No. 171
Isla Cerralvo [Mexico]
1
No. 172
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
1
No. 173
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
1
No. 174
Isla la Pena [Mexico]
1
No. 175
Isla Morat [Honduras]
1
No. 176
Isla Partida Norte [Mexico]
1
No. 177
Isla San Pedro Nolasco [Mexico]
1
No. 178
Isla Santa Catalina [Mexico]
1
No. 179
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
1
No. 180
Islas las Aves [Venezuela]
1
No. 181
Islas Marias [Mexico]
1
No. 182
Islas Marietas [Mexico]
1
No. 183
Italian mainland [Italy]
1
No. 184
Lampedusa [Italy]
1
No. 185
Lanzarote [Spain]
1
No. 186
Lebanon
1
No. 187
Linosa Islands [Italy]
1
No. 188
Lobos [Spain]
1
No. 189
Los Frailes [Venezuela]
1
No. 190
Los Hermanos [Venezuela]
1
No. 191
Los Roques [Venezuela]
1
No. 192
Los Testigos [Venezuela]
1
No. 193
Maio [Cape Verde]
1
No. 194
Malpelo Island [Colombia]
1
No. 195
Malta
1
No. 196
Marajo Island [Brazil]
1
No. 197
Maria Cleofas [Mexico]
1
No. 198
Maria Islands [Saint Lucia]
1
No. 199
Marie-Galante [Guadeloupe]
1
No. 200
Martinique [France]
1
No. 201
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
1
No. 202
Montecristo [Italy]
1
No. 203
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
1
No. 204
Morelos [Mexico]
1
No. 205
Nevis [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
1
No. 206
Orchila [Venezuela]
1
No. 207
Pakistan
1
No. 208
Palestine [Israel]
1
No. 209
Palma [Spain]
1
No. 210
Panama
1
No. 211
Pantelleria [Italy]
1
No. 212
Patos [Venezuela]
1
No. 213
Pelagie Islands [Italy]
1
No. 214
Pinzon [Ecuador]
1
No. 215
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
1
No. 216
Puebla [Mexico]
1
No. 217
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
1
No. 218
Puerto Rico
1
No. 219
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
1
No. 220
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
1
No. 221
Roatan [Honduras]
1
No. 222
Rombos Islets [Cape Verde]
1
No. 223
Roraima [Brazil]
1
No. 224
Saba [Netherlands]
1
No. 225
Saint Barthelemy [France]
1
No. 226
Saint Kitts [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
1
No. 227
Saint Kitts & Nevis
1
No. 228
Saint Lucia
1
No. 229
Saint Vincent [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
1
No. 230
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
1
No. 231
Samhah [Yemen]
1
No. 232
San Marino
1
No. 233
Santa Cruz [Ecuador]
1
No. 234
Santa Fe [Ecuador]
1
No. 235
Santa Luzia [Cape Verde]
1
No. 236
Santa Maria Islet [Cape Verde]
1
No. 237
Santiago (Galapagos Islands) [Ecuador]
1
No. 238
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
1
No. 239
Sao Vicente [Cape Verde]
1
No. 240
Selvagens Islands [Portugal]
1
No. 241
Sicily [Italy]
1
No. 242
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
1
No. 243
Slovenia
1
No. 244
South Sudan
1
No. 245
Spanish mainland [Spain]
1
No. 246
Surinam
1
No. 247
Tabasco [Mexico]
1
No. 248
Tenerife [Spain]
1
No. 249
Terre-de-Bas [Guadeloupe]
1
No. 250
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
1
No. 251
Tortuga [Venezuela]
1
No. 252
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
1
No. 253
Trinidad & Tobago
1
No. 254
Uganda
1
No. 255
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
1
No. 256
Uruguay
1
No. 257
USA
1
No. 258
Wolf [Ecuador]
1
No. 259
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
1
No. 260
Yucatan [Mexico]
1