Phyllurus

Phyllurus platurus

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: Carphodactylidae
Genus: Phyllurus
Species (11): P. amnicola – P. caudiannulatus – P. championae – P. fimbriatus – P. gulbaru – P. isis – P. kabikabi – P. nepthys – P. ossa – P. pinnaclensis – P. platurus

Name

Phyllurus Schinz, 1822: 79

• Type species: Phyllurus novaehollandiae Schinz, 1822, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Phyllurus Oken, 1817 [nomen nudum]

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H.R. 1822. Das Thierreich, eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von den Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Zweiter Band: Reptilien, Fische, Weichthiere, Ringelwürmer. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: Stuttgart & Tübingen. xvi + 835 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Covacevich, J. 1975. A review of the genus Phyllurus (Lacertilia : Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(2): 293–303. BHL Reference page. 
• Russell, A.P. 1980. Underwoodisaurus Wermuth 1965, a junior synonym of Phyllurus Schinz 1822. Journal of Herpetology 14 (4): 415–416. PDF
• Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A. & Moritz, C. 1993. A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 95–124. BHL Reference page. 
• Couper, P.J., Schneider, C.J., Hoskin, C.J. & Covacevich, J.A. 2000. Australian Leaf–tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 253–265. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoskin, C.J., Couper, P.J. & Schneider, C.J. 2003. A new species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a revised phylogeny and key for the Australian leaf-tailed geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology 51(2): 153–164. DOI: 10.1071/ZO02072 Reference page. 
• Han, D., Zhou, K. & 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
• Couper, P.J., Hamley, B. & Hoskin, C.J. 2008. A new species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the Kilkivan district of south-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 139–147. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoskin, C.J., Bertola, L.V. & Higgie, M. 2019. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from The Pinnacles, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 4576(1): 127–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.6 Reference page. 
• Hoskin, C.J. 2023. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 5244(3): 233–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Phyllurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Australian Broad-tailed Geckos

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