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.
| Phyllodactylidae | |
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| Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Gekkonomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Superfamily: | Gekkonoidea |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae Gamble et al., 2008 |
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Genera
editThese 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 | _Figures_10%E2%80%9315_(cropped).jpg) 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 | .jpg) 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
edit- ^ 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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