Phyllodactylidae

The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of approximately 113 species distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The Phyllodactylidae were described based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2008 and all members possess a unique single codon deletion in the phosducin (PDC) gene.[1] The following genera are considered members of the Phyllodactylidae [2]: Asaccus, Bogertia, Gymnodactylus, Haemodracon, Homonota, Phyllodactylus, Phyllopezus, Ptyodactylus, Tarentola, Thecadactylus

References

  1. ^ GAMBLE, T., A. M. BAUER, E. GREENBAUM and T. R. JACKMAN, 2008 Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 37: 355–366.
  2. ^ GAMBLE, T., A. M. BAUER, G. R. COLLI, E. GREENBAUM, T. R. JACKMAN, L. J. VITT and A. M. SIMONS, 2011 Coming to America: Multiple origins of New World geckos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 231–244.