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Family of geckos

Phyllodactylidae
Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Gekkonomorpha
Infraorder: Gekkota
Superfamily: Gekkonoidea
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Gamble et al., 2008
Genera

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The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 163 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2008, and all members possess a unique single codon deletion in the phosducin (PDC) gene. The phyllodactylid genus Bogertia has been recently synonymized with Phyllopezus. The name of the family comes from the leaf shaped fingers.

Genera

These genera are considered members of the Phyllodactylidae:

List of genera
Genus Image Type species Taxon author Common name Species
Asaccus
A. elisae
A. elisae (F. Werner, 1895) Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos 19
Garthia
G. gaudichaudii
G. gaudichaudii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965 Chilean marked geckos 2
Gymnodactylus
G. geckoides
G. geckoides Spix, 1825 Spix, 1825 Naked-toed geckos 5
Haemodracon
H. riebeckii
H. riebeckii (W. Peters, 1882) Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997 2
Homonota
H. septentrionalis
H. horrida (Burmeister, 1861) Gray, 1845 Marked geckos 14
Phyllodactylus
P. lanei
P. pulcher Gray, 1828 Gray, 1828 American leaf-toed geckos 65
Phyllopezus
P. pollicaris
P. pollicaris (Spix, 1825) W. Peters, 1877 8
Ptyodactylus
P. guttatus
P. hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) Goldfuss, 1820 Fan-fingered geckos 12
Tarentola
T. mauritanica
T. mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) Gray, 1825 Wall geckos 33
Thecadactylus
T. solimoensis
T. rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) Goldfuss, 1820 Turnip-tailed geckos 3

References

  1. Reptile Database
  2. Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R. (July 2008). "Out of the blue: A novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 355–366. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00330.x. S2CID 83706826.
  3. Gamble, T.; Colli, G.R.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Werneck, F.P.; Simons, A.M. (2012). "Phylogeny and cryptic diversity in geckos (Phyllopezus; Phyllodactylidae; Gekkota) from South America's open biomes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (3): 943–953. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.033. PMID 22182991.
  4. Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Colli, G.R.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Simons, A.M. (February 2011). "Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24 (2): 231–244. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02184.x. PMC 3075428. PMID 21126276.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllodactylidae
Squamata families
Dibamia
Gekkota
Scincoidea
Laterata / Lacertoidea
Gymnophthalmoidea
Amphisbaenia
Anguimorpha
Iguania
Serpentes
Scolecophidia
Alethinophidia


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