Gekkonidae

Belongs within: Gekkota.
Contains: Phyllodactylus, Hoplodactylus, Hemidactylus, Tarentola, Gehyra, Gekko, Phelsuma.

The Gekkonidae, geckos, are a family of lizards found worldwide. Geckos have very small, flat scales, so their skin has a leathery appearance. They generally have large eyes, often without lids, and have expanded tips to their toes that allow them to climb on sheer surfaces. The undersides of the toes bear an enlarged series of subdigital lamellae, and the scales on the upper side of the toes above the distal expansions are much larger than those at the base of the toe (Cogger 2018).

<==Gekkonidae [Gekkoninae]
    |--Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827BG20, C18
    |    |--C. adorus Shea, Couper et al. 2011C18
    |    |--C. hoskini Shea, Couper et al. 2011C18
    |    |--C. kimberleyensis Bauer & Doughty 2012C18
    |    |--C. mcdonaldi Shea, Couper et al. 2011C18
    |    |--C. pronarus Shea, Couper et al. 2011C18
    |    |--C. sadleiri Wells & Wellington 1985C18
    |    `--C. tuberculatus (Lucas & Frost 1900)C18
    `--+--GekkoBG20
       `--+--PhelsumaBG20
          `--Cnemaspis psychedelicaBG20

Gekkonidae incertae sedis:
  Lepidoblepharis festaeDS86
  Thecadactylus rapicaudusDS86
  PerochirusFR98
    |--P. atelesFR98
    `--P. mestoni de Vis 1890DV90
  Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov 1989B93
  CadurcogekkoSH96
  EurydactylusR13
    |--E. symmetricusR13
    `--E. vieillardi [=Platydactylus vieillardi]R13
  StenodactylusA-O00
    |--S. doriae (Blanford 1874)A-O00
    `--S. sthenodactylus (Lichtenstein 1823)A-O00
  Christinus Wells & Wellington 1984C18
    |--C. alexanderi (Storr 1987)C18
    |--C. guentheri (Boulenger 1885)C18
    `--C. marmoratus (Gray 1845)C18
  PseudogonatodesDS86
    |--P. amazonicusDS86
    |--P. guianensisDS86
    `--P. lunulatusDS86
  DactylocnemisHD09
    |--D. granulatusHD09
    |--D. maculatusHD09
    `--D. pacificusHD09
  Nactus Kluge 1983C18
    |--N. cheverti (Boulenger 1885)C18
    |--N. eboracensis (Macleay 1877)C18
    |--N. galgajuga (Ingram 1978)C18
    `--N. pelagicus (Girard 1858)C18
  Lepidodactylus Fitzinger 1843C18
    |--L. crepuscularis [=Platydactylus crepuscularis]R13
    |--L. listeri (Boulenger 1889) [=Gecko listeri]JG19
    |--L. lugubris (Duméril & Bibron 1836)C18 [incl. Gymnodactylus candelotiR13]
    `--L. pumilus (Boulenger 1885)C18
  Heteronotia Wermuth 1965C18
    |--H. atra Pepper, Doughty et al. 2013C18
    |--H. binoei (Gray 1845)ADD08
    |--H. fasciolata Pepper, Doughty et al. 2013C18
    |--H. planiceps Storr 1989C18
    `--H. spelea (Kluge 1963)C18
  HeteropholisO81
    |--H. gemmeusO81
    |--H. manukanusO81
    |--H. poecilochlorusO81
    |--H. rudisO81
    `--H. stellatusO81
  GymnodactylusR13
    |--G. asper Boulenger 1913B13
    |--G. louisiadensisH25
    |--G. miliusiiF13
    |--G. morioW41
    |--G. pelagicus [incl. G. arnouxi]R13
    |--G. platurusH25
    |--G. pulchellusH25
    `--G. russoviH25
  Bavayia Roux 1913R13
    |--B. cyclura (see below for synonymy)R13
    |    |--B. c. cycluraR13
    |    |--B. c. crassicollis Roux 1913R13
    |    `--B. c. montana Roux 1913R13
    `--B. sauvagei [=Lepidodactylus sauvagii]R13
         |--B. s. sauvageiR13
         `--B. s. ornata Roux 1913R13
  PhyllodactylusDD61
  NaultinusWH02
    |--N. elegans Gray 1842WH02
    |    |--N. e. elegansO81
    |    `--N. e. punctatusO81
    |--N. gemmeus (McCann 1955)WH02
    |--N. grayii Bell 1843WH02
    |--N. manakauensis (McCann 1955)WH02
    |--N. rudis (Fischer 1882)WH02
    |--N. stellatus Hutton 1872WH02
    `--N. tuberculatus (McCann 1955)WH02
  HoplodactylusWH02
  HemidactylusC18
  TarentolaHB04
  GehyraC18

Bavayia cyclura [=Peripia cyclura, Lepidodactylus cyclurus; incl. Hemidactylus (Peripia) bavayi, L. neocaledonicus]^R13

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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[B13] Boulenger, G. A. 1913. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8, 12: 563–566.

[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.

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[DD61] Davis, W. B., & J. R. Dixon. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo Region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37–56.

[DV90] De Vis, C. W. 1890. Descriptions of two lizards of genera new to Australian herpetology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (4): 1034–1036.

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[HB04] Harris, D. J., V. Batista, P. Lymberakis & M. A. Carretero. 2004. Complex estimates of evolutionary relationships in Tarentola mauritanica (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 855–859.

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[SH96] Sullivan, R. M., & J. A. Holman. 1996. Squamata. In: Prothero, D. R., & R. J. Emry (eds) The Terrestrial Eocene–Oligocene Transition in North America pp. 354–372. Cambridge University Press.

[W41] Womersley, H. 1941. New species of Geckobia (Acarina, Pterygosomidae) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65 (2): 323–328.

[WH02] Worthy, T. H., & R. N. Holdaway. 2002. The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric life of New Zealand. Indiana University Press: Bloomington (Indiana).