Crenadactylus

Crenadactylus ocellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Crenadactylus
Species (7): C. horni – C. naso – C. ocellatus – C. occidentalis – C. pilbarensis – C. rostralis – C. tuberculatus

Name

Crenadactylus Dixon & Kluge, 1964: 174

• Type species: Diplodactylus ocellatus Gray, 1845, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R. & Kluge, A.G. 1964. A New Gekkonid Lizard Genus from Australia. Copeia 1964(1): 174–180. DOI: 10.2307/1440848 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Oliver, P.M. & Sanders, K.L. 2009. Molecular evidence for Gondwanan origins of multiple lineages within a diverse Australasian gecko radiation. Journal of Biogeography 36(1): 2044–2055. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02149.x Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Adams, M. & Doughty, P. 2010. Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (Crenadactylus ocellatus, Diplodactylidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 386. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-386 Reference page. 
• Oliver, P.M., Doughty, P. & Palmer, R. 2012. Hidden biodiversity in rare northern Australian vertebrates: the case of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus, Diplodactylidae) of the Kimberley. Wildlife Research 39(5): 429–435. DOI: 10.1071/WR12024 Reference page. 
• Doughty, P., Ellis, R.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168(2): 239–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crenadactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Clawless Geckos

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