Coleodactylus

Coleodactylus
Coleodactylus natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Coleodactylus
Parker, 1926

Coleodactylus is a genus of South American geckos.

Classification

Coleodactylus is placed in the family Sphaerodactylidae and contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.

The species formerly known as Coleodactylus amazonicus has been transferred to the genus Chatogekko.

References

  1. ↑ Parker HW (1926). "The Neotropical Lizards of the Genera Lepidoblepharis, Pseudogonatodes, Lanthrogecko, and Sphaerodactylus, with the Description of a new Genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 291-301. (Coleodactylus, new genus).
  2. ↑ Gamble T, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR (2008). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". Journal of Biogeography 35: 88-104.
  3. ↑ Gamble T, Bauer AM, Colli GR, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Vitt LJ, Simons AM (2011). "Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 231-244.
  4. ↑ Genus Coleodactylus at The Reptile Database
  5. ↑ Gamble T, Daza JD, Colli GR, Vitt LJ, Bauer AM (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1244–1266.