Coleodactylus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Coleodactylus
Species: C. amazonicus – C. brachystoma – C. elizae – C. meridionalis – C. natalensis – C. septentrionalis
Name

Coleodactylus Parker, 1926
References

Gonçalves, U. et al. 2012: A new species of Coleodactylus Parker, 1926 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil. Zootaxa, 3204: 20–30. Preview

Links

Coleodactylus at the New Reptile Database

Coleodactylus is a genus of South American geckos.
Classification

Coleodactylus is placed in the family Sphaerodactylidae[2][3] and contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.[4]

Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935) – Goias gecko
Coleodactylus elizae Gonçalves, Torquato, Skuk & Araújo Sena, 2012
Coleodactylus meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888) – meridian gecko
Coleodactylus natalensis Freire, 1999 – Natal pygmy gecko
Coleodactylus septentrionalis Vanzolini, 1980 – Ilha Maracá gecko

The species formerly known as Coleodactylus amazonicus has been transferred to the genus Chatogekko.[5]
References

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).
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.
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.
Genus Coleodactylus at The Reptile Database
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.