Geckolepis

Geckolepis

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Navigazione: Gekkonoidea

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: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Geckolepis
Species (5): G. humbloti – G. maculata – G. megalepis – G. polylepis – G. typica

Nome

• Geckolepis Grandidier, 1867: 233

Specie tipo: Geckolepis typica A. Grandidier, 1867, by monotypy.

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Grandidier, A. 1867. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, Séries 2, 19: 232–234.

Additional references

• Blanc, C.P. 1966. Notes sur les Gekkonidae de Madagascar 1. Observations relatives a deux espèces de Geckolepis: G. maculata Peters, 1880 et G. typica Grandidier, 1867. Vie et Milieu 17: 453–460.
• Köhler, G., Diethert, H.-H., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2009. A revision of the fish scale geckos, genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. Herpetologica 65(4): 419–435. DOI: 10.1655/08-059.1 Reference page. 
• Lemme, I., Erbacher, M., Kaffenberger, N., Vences, M. & Köhler, J. 2013. Molecules and morphology suggest cryptic species diversity and an overall complex taxonomy of fish scale geckos, genus Geckolepis. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 13(1): 87–95. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-012-0098-y Reference page. 
• Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Straube, N. & Glaw, F. 2016. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16(1): 289–298. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0255-1 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Daza, J.D., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2017. Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales. PeerJ 5: e2955. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2955 Reference page. 

Nomi comuni

English: Fish-scale geckos