Thecadactylus

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Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

References

  • 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.