Uroplatus

Uroplatus sikorae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species (22): U. alluaudi – U. ebenaui – U. fangorn – U. fetsy – U. fiera – U. fimbriatus – U. finaritra – U. finiavana – U. fivehy – U. fotsivava – U. garamaso – U. giganteus – U. guentheri – U. henkeli – U. kelirambo – U. lineatus – U. malahelo – U. malama – U. phantasticus – U. pietschmanni – U. sameiti – U. sikorae

Name

Uroplatus Duméril, 1806: 80 [conserved name]

• Type species: Stellio fimbriatus Schneider, 1797, by monotypy.
• Gender: feminine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1359 (1985: 344).

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. 1806. Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Allais: Paris. 344 pp. BHL
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1985. Opinion 1359. Uroplat- as the stem of Family-group Names in Reptilia, Sauria and Insecta, Coleoptera: a ruling to remove the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(4): 344–346. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Glaw, F., Kosuch, J., Henkel, F.W., Sound, P. & Böhme, W. 2006. Genetic and morphological variation of the leaf-tailed gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus from Madagascar, with description of a new giant species. Salamandra 42(2-3): 129–144. PDF Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Louis Jr., E.E., Crottini, A., Randrianiaina, R.-D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group. Zootaxa 3022(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3022.1.3 Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Raminosoa, N.R., Louis, Jr., E.E., Raselimanana, A.P., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2013. An overview of Madagascar’s leaf-tailed geckos (genus Uroplatus): species boundaries, candidate species and review of geographical distribution based on molecular data. Salamandra 49(3): 115–148. PDF Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Ranjanaharisoa, F.A., Glaw, F., Raselimanana, A.P., Miralles, A. & Vences, M. 2015. A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests. Zootaxa 4006(1): 143–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.7 Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Gehring, P.-S., Scherz, M.D., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2017. Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 4347(3): 446–464. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.2 Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Raselimanana, A.P., Scherz, M.D., Rakotoarison, A., Razafindraibe, J.H., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2019. Finaritra! A new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa 4545(4): 563–577. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.7 Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Tolley, K.A., Raselimanana, A.P., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2019. A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence. Zootaxa 4683(1): 84–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.4 Reference page. 
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Glaw, F., Raselimanana, A.P., Rakotoarison, A., Vieites, D.R., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Scherz, M.D. 2020. Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 4895(2): 251–271. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.5 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F.M., Raselimanana, A.P., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Böhme, W., Scherz, M.D. & Vences, M. 2023. A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar. Salamandra 59(3): 239–261. PDF Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Flat or Leaf-tailed Geckos
日本語: ヘラオヤモリ属
ไทย: ตุ๊กแกหางใบไม้, ตุ๊กแกหางแบน
中文: 叶尾守宫属

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