Phyllodactylidae
Family of geckos
Phyllodactylidae | |
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Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Gekkonomorpha |
Infraorder: | Gekkota |
Superfamily: | Gekkonoidea |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae Gamble et al., 2008 |
Genera | |
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The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 163 species in 10 genera,[1] distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2008, and all members possess a unique single codon deletion in the phosducin (PDC) gene.[2] The phyllodactylid genus Bogertia has been recently synonymized with Phyllopezus.[3] The name of the family comes from the leaf shaped fingers.
Genera
These genera are considered members of the Phyllodactylidae:[4]
List of genera | |||||
Genus | Image | Type species | Taxon author | Common name | Species |
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Asaccus | ![]() A. elisae | A. elisae (F. Werner, 1895) | Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 | Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos | 19 |
Garthia | ![]() G. gaudichaudii | G. gaudichaudii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) | Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965 | Chilean marked geckos | 2 |
Gymnodactylus | ![]() G. geckoides | G. geckoides Spix, 1825 | Spix, 1825 | Naked-toed geckos | 5 |
Haemodracon | ![]() H. riebeckii | H. riebeckii (W. Peters, 1882) | Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997 | 2 | |
Homonota | ![]() H. septentrionalis | H. horrida (Burmeister, 1861) | Gray, 1845 | Marked geckos | 14 |
Phyllodactylus | ![]() P. lanei | P. pulcher Gray, 1828 | Gray, 1828 | American leaf-toed geckos | 65 |
Phyllopezus | ![]() P. pollicaris | P. pollicaris (Spix, 1825) | W. Peters, 1877 | 8 | |
Ptyodactylus | ![]() P. guttatus | P. hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) | Goldfuss, 1820 | Fan-fingered geckos | 12 |
Tarentola | ![]() T. mauritanica | T. mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) | Gray, 1825 | Wall geckos | 33 |
Thecadactylus | ![]() T. solimoensis | T. rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) | Goldfuss, 1820 | Turnip-tailed geckos | 3 |
References
- ^ Reptile Database
- ^ Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R. (July 2008). "Out of the blue: A novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 355–366. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00330.x. S2CID 83706826.
- ^ 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. PMID 22182991.
- ^ Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Colli, G.R.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Vitt, L.J.; Simons, A.M. (February 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. PMC 3075428. PMID 21126276.
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