Diplodactylus

Diplodactylus is a genus of geckos of the family Diplodactylidae[1] from Australia. They are sometimes called stone geckos or fat-tailed geckos. Member species are morphologically similar but genetically distinct.[2]

For the African genus called fat-tailed geckos, see Hemitheconyx

Diplodactylus
Eastern stone gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Diplodactylus
Gray, 1832

Species

The following 27 species are included in Diplodactylus:[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diplodactylus.

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References

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1832). "Characters of a New Genus of Mammalia, and of a New Genus and two New Species of Lizards, from New Holland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39–40. (Diplodactylus, new genus, p. 40). (in English and Latin).


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