Carphodactylidae
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The Carphodactylidae are a family of gecko-like (Gekkota), which occurs exclusively in Australia with about 30 species . The Carphodactylidae were described in 1987 by Arnold G. Kluge as a tribe of the double- fingered geckos (Diplodactylidae) and in 2004 by D. Han et al. raised to the rank of family.
features
The Carphodactylidae can be distinguished from the other geckos by some derived characteristics ( synapomorphies ). Your premaxillary (intermaxillary bone ) has not grown together, the parietal bone is short and wide. The teeth are small and numerous. The species have two, rarely three lumbar vertebrae , the centers of the caudal vertebrae are extremely short. The tail is short, thickened at the base and covered with short, spiky outgrowths on top. Tubercles can also be seen on the back, which are surrounded by scales arranged like a rosette. The outer ear is large and vertical. As with the double-fingered geckos, the eggs are soft-shelled.
External system
The Carphodactylidae are the sister group of the legless pinnipeds (Pygopodidae). The nameless Monophylum formed by both is the sister group of the double- fingered geckos (Diplodactylidae). All three taxa together are called Pygopodomorpha and occur exclusively in the Australasian region.
Genera and species
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In 2013, a 20 cm long leaf-tailed gecko was discovered in northeast Australia with protruding eyes and a long, slender body. He was given the name Saltuarius eximius . The Australian leaf- tailed geckos of the genera Saltuarius and Phyllurus should not be confused with the not closely related leaf- tailed geckos or flat- tailed geckos of the genus Uroplatus from Madagascar.
The Carphodactylidae family currently comprises 30 species from 7 genera:
- Genus: Carphodactylus
Günther , 1897
- Chameleon gecko ( Carphodactylus laevis ) Günther, A. , 1897
- Genus: lobe tail gecko ( Nephrurus ) Günther , 1876
- Australian button- tailed gecko ( Nephrurus amyae ) Couper & Gregson , 1994
- Nephrurus asper Günther , 1876
- Nephrurus deleani Cogger , 1979
- Nephrurus laevissimus Kinghorn , 1924
- Smooth button- tailed gecko ( Nephrurus levis ) De Vis , 1886
- Nephrurus sheai Couper & Gregson , 1994
- Nephrurus stellatus Storr , 1968
- Nephrurus vertebralis Glauert , 1961
- Nephrurus wheeleri Lucas & Le Souef , 1909
- Genre : Orraya Couper , Schneider , Hoskin & Covacevich , 2000
- Orraya occultus ( Couper , Covacevich & Moritz , 1993) (synonym Saltuarius occultus )
- Genus: Phyllurus Goldfuss , 1820
- Phyllurus amnicola Couper , Schneider , Hoskin & Covacevich , 2000
- Phyllurus caudiannulatus Covacevich , 1975
- Phyllurus championae Couper , Schneider , Hoskin & Covacevich , 2000
- Phyllurus gulbaru Hoskin , Couper & Schneider , 2000
- Phyllurus isis Couper , Covacevich & Moritz , 1993
- Phyllurus kabikabi Couper , Hamley & Hoskin , 2008
- Phyllurus nepthys Couper , Covacevich & Moritz , 1993
- Phyllurus ossa Couper , Covacevich & Moritz , 1993
- Phyllurus platurus ( Shaw , 1790)
- Genre : Saltuarius Couper , Covacevich & Moritz , 1993
- Leaf- tailed gecko ( Saltuarius cornutus ) ( Ogilby , 1892)
- Saltuarius eximius Hoskin & Couper , 2013
- Saltuarius kateae Couper , Sadlier , Shea & Worthington-Wilmer , 2008
- Saltuarius moritzi Couper , Sadlier , Shea & Worthington-Wilmer , 2008
- Saltuarius salebrosus ( Covacevich , 1975)
- Saltuarius swaini ( Wells & Wellington , 1985)
- Saltuarius wyberba Couper , Schneider & Covacevich , 1997
- Genus: Underwoodisaurus wormwood , 1965
- Underwoodisaurus milii ( Bory De Saint-Vincent , 1823)
- Underwoodisaurus seorsus Doughty & Oliver , 2011
- Genus: Uvidicolus Oliver & Bauer , 2011
- Uvidicolus sphyrurus ( Ogilby , 1892)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Gamble: Carphodactylidae . University of Minnesota, 2012.
- ↑ Conrad J. Hoskin, Patrick Couper: A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: Saltuarius) from the Melville Range, north-east Australia. In: Zootaxa . No. 3717, 4, 2013, pp. 543–558, digital version (PDF; 12.87 MB) .
- ^ Carphodactylidae in The Reptile Database ; accessed on March 23, 2015.
literature
- Demin Han, Kaiya Zhou, Aaron M. Bauer: Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 83, No. 3, 2004, pp. 353-368, doi : 10.1111 / j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x , digitized version (PDF; 189 kB) ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
