Diplodactylus

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]

Diplodactylus
Eastern stone gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Diplodactylus Gray, 1832

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

1. Diplodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 February 2015.
2. 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.

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).