Diplodactylidae

Diplodactylus vittatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genera (25): Amalosia – Bavayia – Correlophus – Crenadactylus – Dactylocnemis – Dierogekko – Diplodactylus – Eurydactylodes – Hesperoedura – Hoplodactylus – Lucasium – Mniarogekko – Mokopirirakau – Naultinus – Nebulifera – Oedodera – Oedura – Paniegekko – Pseudothecadactylus – Rhacodactylus – Rhynchoedura – Strophurus – Toropuku – Tukutuku – Woodworthia

Name

Diplodactylidae Underwood, 1954

Type genus: Diplodactylus Gray, 1832.

Synonymy

Diplodactylinae Underwood, 1954: 477 [as subfamilia of Gekkonidae]

References

Primary references

Underwood, G. 1954. On the classification and evolution of geckos. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124: 469–492.

Additional references

King, M. 1987: Chromosomal evolution in the Diplodactylinae (Gekkonidae, Reptilia). I. Evolutionary relationships and patterns of change. Australian journal of zoology 35(5): 507–531. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9870507 . Reference page.
King, M.; Mengden, G. 1990: Chromosomal evolution in the Diplodactylinae (Gekkonidae, Reptilia). II. Chromosomal variability between New Caledonian species. Australian journal of zoology 38(2): 219–226. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900219 . Reference page.
Han, D.-M., Zhou, K.-Y. & Bauer, A.M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T., Sadlier, R.A. & Whitaker, A.H. 2006. A new genus and species of diplodactylid gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 60(1): 125–135. DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0055 . Reference page.
Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.; Sadlier, R.A.; Whitaker, A.H. 2006: A revision of the Bavayia validiclavis group (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), a clade of New Caledonian geckos exhibiting microendemism. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4), 57(18): 503–547. PDF PDF Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008 Reference page.
Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Hitchmough, R.A., Daugherty, C.H. 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007 . Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Sadlier, R.A. & Whitaker, A.H. 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52. Preview. . Reference page.
Oliver, P.M., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T. & Hobbie, T. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2): 255–264. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.013 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Austral Geckos

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