Diplodactylus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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
Genus: Diplodactylus
Species (29): D. ameyi – D. barraganae – D. bilybara – D. calcicolus – D. capensis – D. conspicillatus – D. custos – D. fyfei – D. fulleri – D. furcosus – D. galaxias – D. galeatus – D. granariensis – D. hillii – D. kenneallyi – D. klugei – D. laevis – D. lateroides – D. mitchelli – D. nebulosus – D. ornatus – D. platyurus – D. polyophthalmus – D. pulcher – D. savagei – D. tessellatus – D. tjoritjarinya – D. vittatus – D. wiru

Name

Diplodactylus Gray, 1832: 40

Type species: Diplodactylus vittatus Gray, 1832, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Stenodactylopsis Steindachner, 1870: 343
- Type species: Stenodactylopsis pulcher Steindachner, 1870, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1832. [Three new animals brought from New Holland by Mr Cunningham]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39–40. BHL
Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologischen Notizen (II). II. Über einige neue oder seltene Reptilien des Wiener Museums. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 62: 336–350. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 539–555. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.028 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.
Doughty, P., Oliver, P.M. & Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247–265. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(3).2008.247-265 Reference page.
Hutchinson, M.N., Doughty, P. & Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167(1): 25–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2167.1.2 Reference page.
Doughty, P., Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393(1): 33–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.3 Reference page.
Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4 Reference page.
McDonald, P.J., Fenner, A.L., Torkkola, J. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus). Vertebrate Zoology 74: 577–594. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e128775 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Diplodactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 October 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Ground and Stone Geckos