Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827
- Cyrtodactylus Gray, J.E. 1827. A synopsis of the genera of saurian reptiles, in which some new genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual examination. Philosophical Magazine London 2: 54-58 [55].
Type species:
Cyrtodactylus pulchella Gray, 1828 by monotypy. - Cyrtopodion Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [93].
Type species:
Stenodactylus scaber Heyden, 1827 by original designation, see Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246 (two species originally included, G. scaber and G. cyprius Fitzinger; the latter may be a nom. nud.). - Puellula Blyth, E. 1860. Report of Curator, Zoological Department. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 29: 107-111 [109].
Type species:
Puellula rubida Blyth, 1860 by monotypy. - Geckoella Gray, J.E. 1867. On a new geckoid lizard from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 98-99 [98].
Type species:
Geckoella punctata Gray, 1867 by monotypy (= Cyrtodactylus triedrus Günther, 1864). - Dinosaura Gistel, J. 1868. Blicke in das Leben der Natur und des Menschen. Leipzig. 144-167 pp. [145] [non Dinosaurus Fischer-Waldheim, 1847].
Type species:
Stenodactylus scaber Heyden, 1827 by subsequent designation, see Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8: 1-469. - Crytodactylus Kluge, A.G. 1967. Higher taxonomic categories of gekkonid lizards and their evolution. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135: 1-59 [27] [err. typ. pro Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827].
- Quantasia Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [15].
Type species:
Hoplodactylus tuberculatus Lucas & Frost, 1900 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich 80(1–22): 1-246
- Brown, W.C. & Parker, F. 1973. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) from New Guinea with a key to species from the island. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 417: 1-7
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [79]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (De Vis, 1892) [listed for the Australian fauna by Cogger et al. (1983), with C. tuberculatus a junior synonym, is now considered to be a New Guinean species, not present in Australia (see Shea et al. (2011)] — Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [79]; Shea, G., Couper, P., Worthington Wilmer, J. & & Amey, A. 2011. Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3146: 1-63
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Africa, Asia, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, New Guinea, islands of western Pacific.
IBRA
Northern Kimberley (NK) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Shea, G., Couper, P., Worthington Wilmer, J. & & Amey, A. 2011. Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3146: 1-63
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | SQUAMATA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 06-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKONIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKOTA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKONIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | GEKKONIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |