Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus | |
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Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Thecadactylus Goldfuss, 1820 |
Species | |
3, see text |
Thecadactylus is a
monotypic, with T. rapicauda the sole species. Then however, the population from upstream southern Amazon basin was discovered to be very distinct and was named a new species
, T. solimoensis. A third species was described in 2011.
- Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely, 2011[1]
- Thecadactylus rapicaudaHouttuyn, 1782 – turniptail gecko
- Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell, 2007
References
- ^ a b Köhler, G. and M. Vesely. (2011). A new species of Thecadactylus from Sint Maarten, Lesser Antilles (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). ZooKeys 118: 97–107.
- Georg August Goldfuss|Goldfuss, G.A. 1820. Reptilia. pp. 121–181 In: Schubert, G.H. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie. J.L. Schrag: Nürnberg.