Rhacodactylus auriculatus

Rhacodactylus auriculatus

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: Rhacodactylus
Species: Rhacodactylus auriculatus

Name

Rhacodactylus auriculatus (Bavay, 1869)

• Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA-0.5305, MNHN-RA-0.5305A.
• Type locality: “Mont d'Or, Nouvelle-Calédonie”.

Combinations

• Platydactylus auriculatus Bavay, 1869: 6 [original combination]
• Rhacodactylus auriculatus — Boulenger, 1883: 127 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhacodactylus auriculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 March 2020.
• Whitaker, A.H., Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer A.M. 2010. IUCN: Rhacodactylus auriculatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176132A7185707. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176132A7185707.en

Vernacular names

English: Gargoyle gecko