Diplodactylus Explained

Diplodactylus is a genus of geckos of the family Diplodactylidae from Australia. They are sometimes called stone geckos or fat-tailed geckos. Member species are morphologically similar but genetically distinct.^[1]

Species

The following 27 species are included in Diplodactylus:

• Diplodactylus ameyi – eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus barraganae – gulf fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus bilybara – western fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus calcicolus – south coast gecko
• Diplodactylus capensis – Cape Range stone gecko
• Diplodactylus conspicillatus – burrow-plug gecko, variable fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus custos – Kimberley fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus fulleri – Lake Disappointment ground gecko
• Diplodactylus furcosus – forked gecko, Ranges stone gecko
• Diplodactylus galaxias – Northern Pilbara beak-faced gecko
• Diplodactylus galeatus – helmeted gecko
• Diplodactylus granariensis – western stone gecko
• Diplodactylus hillii – northern fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus kenneallyi – Kenneally's gecko
• Diplodactylus klugei – Kluge's gecko
• Diplodactylus laevis – desert fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus lateroides – speckled stone gecko
• Diplodactylus mitchelli – Pilbara stone gecko
• Diplodactylus nebulosus
• Diplodactylus ornatus – ornate stone gecko
• Diplodactylus platyurus – eastern fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus polyophthalmus – spotted sandplain gecko
• Diplodactylus pulcher – fine-faced gecko
• Diplodactylus savagei – yellow-spotted Pilbara gecko
• Diplodactylus tessellatus – tessellated gecko
• Diplodactylus vittatus – eastern stone gecko, stone gecko, wood gecko
• Diplodactylus wiru – desert wood gecko

Nota bene

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

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).

Notes and References

1. Doughty, Paul. species:Paul Doty. Oliver, Paul M.. species:Paul M. Oliver. 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. 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.044-065. free.