Urocotyledon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: 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: Urocotyledon
Species (6): U. inexpectata – U. norzilensis – U. palmata – U. rasmusseni – U. weileri – U. wolterstorffi

Name

Urocotyledon Kluge, 1983: 472

• Type species: Diplodactylus inexpectatus Stejneger, 1893, by original designation.
• Gender: feminine.
• Etymology: Greek ουρα oura "tail"; κοτυληδων kotulēdōn "suckers".

References

Primary references

• Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983(2): 465–475. DOI: 10.2307/1444392 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lobón-Rovira, J., Rocha, S., Gower, D.J., Perera, A. & Harris, D.J. 2022. The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles. Zootaxa 5150(4): 556–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Urocotyledon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2022.