Diplodactylus

Diplodactylus is a genus of geckos of the family Diplodactylidae<ref name=RDB/> from Australia. They are sometimes called stone geckos or fat-tailed geckos. Member species are morphologically similar but genetically distinct.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Species

The following 27 species are included in Diplodactylus:<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref>

• Diplodactylus ameyi Template:Small – eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus barraganae Template:Small – gulf fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus bilybara Template:Small – western fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus calcicolus Template:Small – south coast gecko
• Diplodactylus capensis Template:Small – Cape Range stone gecko
• Diplodactylus conspicillatus Template:Small – burrow-plug gecko, variable fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus custos Template:Small – Kimberley fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus fulleri Template:Small – Lake Disappointment ground gecko
• Diplodactylus furcosus Template:Small – forked gecko, Ranges stone gecko
• Diplodactylus galaxias Template:Small – Northern Pilbara beak-faced gecko
• Diplodactylus galeatus Template:Small – helmeted gecko
• Diplodactylus granariensis Template:Small – western stone gecko
• Diplodactylus hillii Template:Small – northern fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus kenneallyi Template:Small – Kenneally's gecko
• Diplodactylus klugei Template:Small – Kluge's gecko
• Diplodactylus laevis Template:Small – desert fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus lateroides Template:Small – speckled stone gecko
• Diplodactylus mitchelli Template:Small – Pilbara stone gecko
• Diplodactylus nebulosus Template:Small
• Diplodactylus ornatus Template:Small – ornate stone gecko
• Diplodactylus platyurus Template:Small – eastern fat-tailed gecko
• Diplodactylus polyophthalmus Template:Small – spotted sandplain gecko
• Diplodactylus pulcher Template:Small – fine-faced gecko
• Diplodactylus savagei Template:Small – yellow-spotted Pilbara gecko
• Diplodactylus tessellatus Template:Small – tessellated gecko
• Diplodactylus vittatus Template:Small – eastern stone gecko, stone gecko, wood gecko
• Diplodactylus wiru Template:Small – desert wood gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diplodactylus.

Further reading

• Gray JE (1832). "Characters of a New Genus of Mammalia, and of a New Genus and two New Species of Lizards, from New Holland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39–40. (Diplodactylus, new genus, p. 40). (in English and Latin).

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