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| name = Phyllodactylidae |
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| image = Phyllodactylus xanti.jpg |
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| image_caption = Leaf-toed gecko (''Phyllodactylus xanti'') |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]] |
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]] |
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| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
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| subordo = [[Lacertilia]] |
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| infraordo = [[Gekkota]] |
| infraordo = [[Gekkota]] |
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| familia = '''Phyllodactylidae''' |
| familia = '''Phyllodactylidae''' |
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| Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti) | |
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| Family: | Phyllodactylidae
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The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of approximately 113 species,[1] distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The Phyllodactylidae were described based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2008 and all members possess a unique single codon deletion in the phosducin (PDC) gene.[2]
Genera
These genera are considered members of the Phyllodactylidae:[3]
- Asaccus
- Bogertia
- Gymnodactylus
- Haemodracon
- Homonota
- Phyllodactylus
- Phyllopezus
- Ptyodactylus
- Tarentola
- Thecadactylus
References
- ^ Reptile Database
- ^ GAMBLE, T., A. M. BAUER, E. GREENBAUM and T. R. JACKMAN, 2008 Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 37: 355–366.
- ^ GAMBLE, T., A. M. BAUER, G. R. COLLI, E. GREENBAUM, T. R. JACKMAN, L. J. VITT and A. M. SIMONS, 2011 Coming to America: Multiple origins of New World geckos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 231–244.
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