Eublepharidae

Eublepharidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkomorpha

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: Eublepharoidea
Familia: Eublepharidae
Genera (6): Aeluroscalabotes – Coleonyx – Eublepharis – Goniurosaurus – Hemitheconyx – Holodactylus

Name

Eublepharidae Boulenger, 1883: 308

• Type genus: Eublepharis Gray, 1827.

Synonyms

• Aeluroscalabotinae Grismer, 1988
  • Type genus: Aeluroscalabotes Boulenger, 1885, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Remarks on the Nyctisaura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 12: 308. BHL
• Grismer, L.L. 1988. Phylogeny, taxonomy, classification, and biogeography of eublepharid geckos. pp. 369–469 In: Estes, R. & Pregill, G. (eds.). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays Commemorating Charles L. Camp. Stanford University Press: Stanford, California. ISBN 978-0804714358 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ota, H., Honda, M., Kobayashi, M., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships of Eublepharid Geckos (Reptilia: Squamata): A Molecular Approach. Zoological Science 16(4): 659–666. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.659 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. 
• Jonniaux, P. & Kumazawa, Y. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using mitochondrial DNA sequences of eyelid geckos (Squamata : Eublepharidae). Gene 407(1–2): 105–115. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.09.023
• Gamble, T., Bauer, A.M., Colli, G.R., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T.R., Vitt, L.J. & Simons, A.M. 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
• Gamble, T., Greenbaum, E. Jackman, T.R., Russell, A.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2012. Repeated origin and loss of adhesive toepads in geckos. PLoS ONE 7: e39429. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039429

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