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title: "Keeled Rock Gecko"
description: "Cyrtopodion scabrum — Gady. Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko, common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/keeled-rock-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Keeled Rock Gecko

> Cyrtopodion scabrum — Gady. Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko,  common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

- Scientific name: *Cyrtopodion scabrum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 1813
- Wikidata: [Q3009475](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3009475)
- iNaturalist taxon: [33255](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/33255)

## Names

- en: Keeled Rock Gecko
- de: Krokodilgecko

## Countries with the most observations

US (777), IR (235), AE (135), EG (129), IQ (54), IL (40), QA (37), KW (32), SA (29), JO (21), TR (14), DJ (12)

## Summary

Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko,  common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Asia, South Asia and parts of North Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtopodion_scabrum

## Photo

![Keeled Rock Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/keeled-rock-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184834734

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/keeled-rock-gecko?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).