Phyllopezus

Phyllopezus pollicaris

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: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllopezus
Species (8): P. diamantino – P. heuteri – P. lutzae – P. maranjonensis – P. periosus – P. pollicaris – P. przewalskii – P. selmae

Name

Phyllopezus Peters, 1877: 415

• Type species: Phyllopezus goyazensis Peters, 1878, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Bogertia Loveridge, 1941: 195 [synonymized by Gamble et al. (2012: 951)]
  • Type species: Bogertia lutzae Loverige, 1941, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. [1877] 1878. Herpetologische Notizen. I. Uber die von Spix in Brasilien gesammelten Eidechsen des Königlichen NaturalienKabinets zu München. II. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 407–415, 415–423. BHL
• Loveridge, A. 1941. Bogertia lutzae — A new genus and species of gecko from Bahia, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 195–196. BHL
• 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 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cacciali, P., Lotzkat, S., Gamble, T. & Köhler, G. 2018. Cryptic Diversity in the Neotropical Gecko Genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae): A New Species from Paraguay. International Journal of Zoology 2018: 3958327. DOI: 10.1155/2018/3958327 Reference page. 
• Dubeux, M.J.M., Gonçalves, U., Palmeira, C.N.S., Nunes, P.M.S., Cassimiro, J., Gamble, T., Werneck, F.P., Rodrigues, M.T. & Mott, T. 2022. Two new species of geckos of the genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5120(3): 345–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.3.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllopezus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 December 2018.

Vernacular names

English: South American Robust Geckos

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