Phyllodactylidae
Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
(unranked): Gekkomorpha
Superfamily: Gekkonoidea
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Gamble et al., 2008
Genera

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The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of over 150 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
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 31
Thecadactylus
T. solimoensis 		T. rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) Goldfuss, 1820 Turnip-tailed geckos 3

References

  1. ^ Reptile Database
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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