Phyllopezus

Phyllopezus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllopezus
W. Peters, 1877

Phyllopezus is a genus of South American geckos, which contains four described species.[1][2][3]

Habitat

Phyllopezus species occur in a variety of open and forested habitats across South America including Caatinga, Cerrado, Chaco, seasonally dry tropical forest, and Atlantic Forest.[1]

Taxonomy

Phyllopezus pollicaris is composed of numerous undescribed species.[4]

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized.[5]

Nota bene: An authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phyllopezus.

References

  1. 1 2 Gamble T, Colli GR, Rodrigues MT, Werneck FP, Simons AM. 2012. Phylogeny and cryptic diversity in geckos (Phyllopezus; Phyllodactylidae; Gekkota) from South America's open biomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 943–953.
  2. Rodrigues MT. 1986. "Um novo espécie do gênero Phyllopezus de Cabaceiras: Paraiba: Brasil; com comentários sobre a fauna de lagartos sa área (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sao Paulo) 36: 237–250.
  3. Koch C, Venegas P, Böhme W. 2006. A remarkable discovery: description of a big-growing new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Phyllopezus) from northwestern Peru. Salamandra 42: 145–150.
  4. Werneck FP, Gamble T, Colli GR, Rodrigues MT, Sites JW. 2012. Deep diversification and long-term persistence in the South American "dry diagonal": Integrating continent-wide phylogeography and distribution modeling of geckos. Evolution 66: 3014–3034.
  5. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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