Belongs within: Lepidosauria.
Contains: Gekkonidae, Diplodactylidae, Pygopodidae, Carphodactylidae.
The Gekkota, geckos, are a clade of lizards characterised by the presence of an extracolumellar muscle, quadrate suspension by paroccipital abutting, subdivision of the medial aperture of the occipital recess, and a uniquely derived karyotype (Rieppel 1988).
<==Gekkota [Gekkonoidea]
|--BavarisauridaeR88
| |--Bavarisaurus macrodactylus Wagner 1852B93
| `--Palaeolacerta bavarica Cocude-Michel 1961B93
|--+--+--GekkonidaeMH11
| | `--SphaerodactylidaeBG20
| | |--SphaerodactylusHT01
| | | |--S. altavelensisHT01
| | | |--S. ariasae Hedges & Thomas 2001HT01
| | | |--S. cricoderusGH01
| | | |--S. dommeli Böhme 1984P92
| | | |--S. elasmorhynchus (Thomas 1966)HT01
| | | |--S. parthenopion (Thomas 1965)HT01
| | | |--S. plummeri Thomas & Hedges 1992HT01
| | | |--S. pimientaGH01
| | | `--S. streptophorus Thomas & Schwartz 1983HT01
| | |--GonatodesBG20
| | | |--G. albogularisBG20
| | | |--G. ceciliae Donoso-Barros 1965V-MR04
| | | |--G. concinnatusDS86
| | | |--G. hasemaniCM07
| | | |--G. humeralisCM07
| | | `--G. kandianusB28
| | `--TeratoscincusBG20
| | |--T. przewalskiiMH11
| | `--T. scincusMH11
| `--+--DiplodactylidaeMH11
| `--+--PygopodidaeMH11
| `--CarphodactylidaeBG20
`--Eublepharidae [Eublepharinae]BG20
|--Aeluroscalabates felinusDG92, U57
`--+--+--Goniurosaurus kuroiwaeDG92
| `--+--+--Hemitheconyx caudicinctusDG92
| | `--HolodactylusDG92
| `--EublepharisDG92
| |--E. kuroiwae (Namiye 1912)I92
| |--E. maculariusDG92
| `--E. splendens Nakamura & Uéno 1959KK60
`--ColeonyxDG92
|--+--C. elegansDG92
| | |--C. e. elegansDD61
| | `--C. e. nemoralisDD61
| `--C. mitratusDG92
`--+--C. switakiDG92
`--+--C. reticulatusDG92
`--+--C. variegatusDG92
| |--C. v. variegatusB71
| `--C. v. abbottiB71
`--+--C. brevisDG92
`--C. fasciatusDG92
Gekkota incertae sedis:
AristelligerU57
|--A. larU57
`--A. praesignisU57
Uroplatus sikoraeU57, SBM11
PtyodactylusU57
|--P. guttatusLK03
|--P. hasselquistiiLK03
`--P. puiseuxiLK03
HeteronotaU57
Ptychozoon homalocephalumH04
Yantarogekko balticusBG20
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B28] Betrem, J. G. 1928. Monographie der Indo-Australischen Scoliiden mit zoogeographischen Betrachtungen. H. Veenman & Zonen: Wageningen.
[B71] Bostic, D. L. 1971. Herpetofauna of the Pacific coast of north central Baja California, Mexico, with a description of a new subspecies of Phyllodactylus xanti. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16 (10): 237–264.
[BG20] Burbrink, F. T., F. G. Grazziotin, R. A. Pyron, D. Cundall, S. Donnellan, F. Irish, J. S. Keogh, F. Kraus, R. W. Murphy, B. Noonan, C. J. Raxworthy, S. Ruane, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon & H. Zaher. 2020. Interrogating genomic-scale data for Squamata (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) shows no support for key traditional morphological relationships. Systematic Biology 69 (3): 502–520.
[CM07] Cokendolpher, J. C., & P. G. Mitov. 2007. Natural enemies. In: Pinto-da-Rocha, R., G. Machado & G. Giribet (eds) Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones pp. 339–373. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).
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[DG92] Dial, B. E., & L. L. Grismer. 1992. A phylogenetic analysis of physiological-ecological character evolution in the lizard genus Coleonyx and its implications for historical biogeographic reconstruction. Systematic Biology 41 (2): 178–195.
[DS86] Dixon, J. R., & P. Soini. 1986. The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru. Milwaukee Public Museum: Milwaukee.
[GH01] Garrido, O. H., & S. B. Hedges. 2001. A new anole from the northern slope of the Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba (Squamata: Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 378–383.
[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.
[HT01] Hedges, S. B., & R. Thomas. 2001. At the lower size limit in amniote vertebrates: a new diminutive lizard from the West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 37 (3–4): 168–173.
[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.
[KK60] Kawashima, K., & H. Kamo. 1960. Description of a new lizard mite, Geckobia uenoi sp. nov. from Is. Tokunoshima, southern Japan (Acarina: Pterygosomidae). Kyushu Journal of Medical Science 11 (3): 99–102.
[LK03] Lymberakis, P., & A. Kalionzopoulou. 2003. Additions to the herpetofauna of Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 29: 33–39.
[MH11] Müller, J., C. A. Hipsley, J. J. Head, N. Kardjilov, A. Hilger, M. Wuttke & R. R. Reisz. 2011. Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins. Nature 473: 364–367.
[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.
[R88] Rieppel, O. 1988. The classification of the Squamata. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods vol. 1. Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds pp. 261–293. Clarendon Press: Oxford.
[SBM11] Solomon, E. P., L. R. Berg & D. W. Martin (eds) 2011. Biology 9th ed. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
[U57] Underwood, G. 1957. On lizards of the family Pygopodidae. A contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Squamata. Journal of Morphology 100 (2): 207–268.
[V-MR04] Villarreal-Manzanilla, O., & C. J. Rodríguez. 2004. Descripción de una nueva especie y dos nuevos registros del género Stygnoplus (Opiliones, Stygnidae) para Venezuela. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 179–184.