Taxonomy Profile: Gekkonidae

Gekkonidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Geckos []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Gekkonidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Gekkota
Family : Gekkonidae
Geckos |
Gekkonidae Direct Children(s):
Cyrtodactylus
(Gray 1827)
Gehyra
(Gray 1834)
Gekko
(Laurenti 1768)
Hemidactylus
(Gray 1825)
Hemiphyllodactylus
(Bleeker 1860)
Lepidodactylus
(Fitzinger 1843)
Nactus
(Kluge 1983)
Perochirus
(Boulenger 1885)
Phelsuma
(Gray 1825)
Cyrtopodion
(Fitzinger 1843)
Pachydactylus
(Wiegmann 1834)
Afroedura
(Loveridge 1944)
Afrogecko
(Bauer Good and Branch 1997)
Agamura
(Blanford 1874)
Ailuronyx
(Fitzinger 1843)
Alsophylax
(Fitzinger 1843)
Asiocolotes
(Golubev 1984)
Blaesodactylus
(Boettger 1893)
Bunopus
(Blanford 1874)
Calodactylodes
(Strand 1926)
Chondrodactylus
(W Peters 1870)
Christinus
(Wells and Wellington 1984)
Cnemaspis
(Strauch 1887)
Colopus
(W Peters 1869)
Crossobamon
(Boettger 1888)
Cryptactites
(Bauer Good and Branch 1997)
Dixonius
(Bauer Good and Branch 1997)
Ebenavia
(Boettger 1877)
Elasmodactylus
(Boulenger 1895)
Geckoella
(Gray 1867)
Geckolepis
(Grandidier 1867)
Goggia
(Bauer Good and Branch 1997)
Heteronotia
(Wermuth 1965)
Homopholis
(Boulenger 1885)
Luperosaurus
(Gray 1845)
Lygodactylus
(Gray 1864)
Matoatoa
(Nussbaum Raxworthy and Pronk 1998)
Mediodactylus
(Szczerbak and Golubev 1977)
Microgecko
(Nikolsky 1907)
Microscalabotes
(Boulenger 1883)
Narudasia
(Methuen and Hewitt 1914)
Paragehyra
(Angel 1929)
Paroedura
(Günther 1879)
Pseudogekko
(Taylor 1922)
Ptenopus
(Gray 1866)
Ptychozoon
(Kuhl and Van Hasselt 1822)
Rhoptropus
(W Peters 1869)
Stenodactylus
(Fitzinger 1826)
Tropiocolotes
(W Peters 1880)
Urocotyledon
(Kluge 1983)
Uroplatus
(Dumeril 1806)
Gekkonidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Expert:
Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.
Notes:
Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-12-31 / 2004-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Gekkonidae: Comments