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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: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Diplodactylus
Species (21): D. ameyi – D. calcicolus – D. capensis – D. conspicillatus – D. fulleri – D. furcosus – D. galaxias – D. galeatus – D. granariensis – D. kenneallyi – D. klugei – D. lateroides – D. mitchelli – D. nebulosus – D. ornatus – D. polyophthalmus – D. pulcher – D. savagei – D. tessellatus – D. vittatusD. wiru
Name

Diplodactylus Gray, 1832
Gender: masculine
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Diplodactylus vittatus Gray, 1832
Fixation: monotypy

Synonymy

Stenodactylopsis

References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1832: [untitled]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, 2: 40. BHL

Additional references

Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.4.Reference page.
Doughty, P.; Pepper, M.; Keogh, J.S. 2010: Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393: 33–45. Preview PDF Reference page.
Hutchinson, M.N.; Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2009: Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167: 25–46. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
Oliver, P.M.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Cooper, S.J.B. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian journal of zoology, 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008
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Diplodactylus is a genus of geckos of the family Diplodactylidae[1] from Australia. They are sometimes called stone geckos or fat-tailed geckos. Member species are morphologically similar but genetically distinct.[2]
Species

The following 27 species are included in Diplodactylus:[1]

Diplodactylus ameyi Couper & P. Oliver, 2016 – eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus barraganae Couper, P. Oliver & Pepper, 2014 – gulf fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus bilybara Couper, Pepper & P. Oliver, 2014 – western fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus calcicolus Hutchinson, Doughty & P. Oliver, 2009 – south coast gecko
Diplodactylus capensis Doughty, P. Oliver & Adams, 2008 – Cape Range stone gecko
Diplodactylus conspicillatus Lucas & C. Frost, 1897 – burrow-plug gecko, variable fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus custos Couper, P. Oliver & Pepper, 2014 – Kimberley fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus fulleri Storr, 1978 – Lake Disappointment ground gecko
Diplodactylus furcosus W. Peters, 1863 – forked gecko, Ranges stone gecko
Diplodactylus galaxias Doughty, Pepper & Keogh, 2010 – Northern Pilbara beak-faced gecko
Diplodactylus galeatus Kluge, 1963 – helmeted gecko
Diplodactylus granariensis Storr, 1979 – western stone gecko
Diplodactylus hillii Longman, 1915 – northern fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus kenneallyi Storr, 1988 – Kenneally's gecko
Diplodactylus klugei Aplin & Adams, 1998 – Kluge's gecko
Diplodactylus laevis Sternfeld, 1925 – desert fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus lateroides Doughty & P. Oliver, 2013 – speckled stone gecko
Diplodactylus mitchelli Kluge, 1963 – Pilbara stone gecko
Diplodactylus nebulosus Doughty & P. Oliver, 2013
Diplodactylus ornatus Gray, 1845 – ornate stone gecko
Diplodactylus platyurus Parker, 1926 – eastern fat-tailed gecko
Diplodactylus polyophthalmus Günther, 1867 – spotted sandplain gecko
Diplodactylus pulcher (Steindachner, 1870) – fine-faced gecko
Diplodactylus savagei Kluge, 1963 – yellow-spotted Pilbara gecko
Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) – tessellated gecko
Diplodactylus vittatus Gray, 1832 – eastern stone gecko, stone gecko, wood gecko
Diplodactylus wiru Hutchinson, Doughty & P. Oliver, 2009 – desert wood gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diplodactylus.
References

Diplodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 February 2015.

Doughty, Paul; Oliver, Paul M. (2013). "Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 28 (1): 44–65. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.044-065.

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Further reading

Gray JE (1832). "Characters of a New Genus of Mammalia, and of a New Genus and two New Species of Lizards, from New Holland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39–40. (Diplodactylus, new genus, p. 40). (in English and Latin).

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