Diplodactylidae

Diplodactylus vittatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha Superfamilia: Pygopodoidea

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genera (24 + †1): Amalosia – Bavayia – Correlophus – Crenadactylus – Dactylocnemis – Dierogekko – Diplodactylus – Eurydactylodes – Hesperoedura – Hoplodactylus – Lucasium – Mniarogekko – Mokopirirakau – Naultinus – Oedodera – Oedura – Paniegekko – Pseudothecadactylus – Rhacodactylus – Rhynchoedura – Strophurus – Toropuku – Tukutuku – Woodworthia – †Gigarcanum

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. Series 4 57(18): 503–547. BHL 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): 1–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3404.1.1 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. 
• Hoksin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. 2023. Revision of zigzag geckos (Diplodactylidae: Amalosia) in eastern Australia, with description of five new species. Zootaxa 5343(4): 301–337. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Austral Geckos

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