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Carphodactylidae, the Glossary

The Carphodactylidae, informally known as the southern padless geckos, are a family of geckos, lizards in the infraorder Gekkota.^[1]

66 relations: Albert Günther, Arnold G. Kluge, Australasia, Australia, Autotomy, Bavayia, Broad-tailed gecko, Carphodactylus, Chromosome, Diplodactylidae, Endemism, Eublepharidae, Eurydactylodes, Family (biology), Gecko, Genus, George Shaw (biologist), Gondwana, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Heteropholis, Hoplodactylus, James Douglas Ogilby, Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Jeanette Covacevich, Knob-tailed gecko, Lamella (surface anatomy), Lizard, Mitochondrial DNA, Molecular phylogenetics, Monophyly, Morphology (biology), Naultinus, Nephrurus asper, Nephrurus laevissimus, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nocturnality, Northern leaf-tailed gecko, Nuclear gene, Oedura, Order (biology), Orraya, Oviparity, Paraphyly, Parietal bone, Patrick J. Couper, Phyllurus, Phyllurus nepthys, Phylogenetics, Polyphyly, ... Expand index (16 more) »
Lizard families
Taxa named by Arnold G. Kluge

Albert Günther

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Arnold G. Kluge

Arnold G. Kluge is professor emeritus of zoology and curator emeritus of amphibians and reptiles at the University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology.

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Australasia

Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Autotomy (from the Greek auto-, "self-" and tome, "severing", αὐτοτομία) or 'self-amputation', is the behaviour whereby an animal sheds or discards an appendage, usually as a self-defense mechanism to elude a predator's grasp or to distract the predator and thereby allow escape.

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Bavayia

Bavayia is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae.

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Broad-tailed gecko

The broad-tailed gecko, southern leaf-tailed gecko, or Sydney leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus platurus) is a common gecko of the family Carphodactylidae found in the Sydney Basin. Carphodactylidae and broad-tailed gecko are geckos of Australia.

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Carphodactylus

Carphodactylus is a monotypic genus of geckos in the family Carphodactylidae. Carphodactylidae and Carphodactylus are geckos and geckos of Australia.

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Chromosome

A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

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Diplodactylidae

The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 genera. Carphodactylidae and Diplodactylidae are geckos and lizard families.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eublepharidae

The Eublepharidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 43 described species in 6 genera. Carphodactylidae and Eublepharidae are geckos and lizard families.

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Eurydactylodes

Eurydactylodes is a small genus of geckos commonly referred to as chameleon geckos from the subfamily Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia and few adjacent islands.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Gecko

Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Carphodactylidae and Gecko are geckos.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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George Shaw (biologist)

George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (30 March 1777 – 8 March 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist.

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Heteropholis

Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family.

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Hoplodactylus

Hoplodactylus is a genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae. Carphodactylidae and Hoplodactylus are geckos.

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James Douglas Ogilby

James Douglas Ogilby (16 February 1853 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian ichthyologist and herpetologist.

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Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist, officer and politician.

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Jeanette Covacevich

Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich (1945–2015) was a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia.

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Knob-tailed gecko

The genus Nephrurus, collectively referred to as the knob-tailed geckos (or “knob-tails”), comprises several species of small, desert-dwelling, drought-tolerant Australian gecko. Carphodactylidae and knob-tailed gecko are geckos of Australia.

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Lamella (surface anatomy)

Lamellae on a gecko's foot. In surface anatomy, a lamella is a thin plate-like structure, often one amongst many lamellae very close to one another, with open space between.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Monophyly

In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Naultinus

Naultinus is a genus of geckos that are endemic to New Zealand. Carphodactylidae and Naultinus are geckos.

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Nephrurus asper

Nephrurus asper, also known as rough knob-tailed gecko, spiny knob-tailed gecko or prickly knob-tailed gecko is a species of gecko. Carphodactylidae and Nephrurus asper are geckos of Australia.

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Nephrurus laevissimus

Nephrurus laevissimus, also known as the smooth knob-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko. Carphodactylidae and Nephrurus laevissimus are geckos of Australia.

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New Caledonia

New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a ''sui generis'' collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about east of Australia, and from Metropolitan France.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Northern leaf-tailed gecko

The northern leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius cornutus) is a species of the genus Saltuarius, the Australian leaf-tailed geckos. Carphodactylidae and northern leaf-tailed gecko are geckos of Australia.

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Nuclear gene

A nuclear gene is a gene that has its DNA nucleotide sequence physically situated within the cell nucleus of a eukaryotic organism.

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Oedura

Oedura is a genus of medium to large geckos, lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. Carphodactylidae and Oedura are geckos of Australia.

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Order (biology)

Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Orraya

Orraya is a monotypic genus of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. Carphodactylidae and Orraya are geckos of Australia.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (known as laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings known as hatchlings with little or no embryonic development within the mother.

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Paraphyly

Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.

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Parietal bone

The parietal bones are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium.

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Patrick J. Couper

Patrick J. Couper (born 1958) is a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia.

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Phyllurus

Phyllurus is a small genus of Australian leaf-tailed geckos, lizards in the family Carphodactylidae.

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Phyllurus nepthys

Phyllurus nepthys, also known commonly as the Eungella leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. Carphodactylidae and Phyllurus nepthys are geckos of Australia.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.

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Pseudothecadactylus

Pseudothecadactylus is a genus of geckos found in various states of Australia. Carphodactylidae and Pseudothecadactylus are geckos of Australia.

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Pygopodidae

Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. Carphodactylidae and Pygopodidae are geckos and lizard families.

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Pygopodoidea

Pygopodoidea is a gecko superfamily and the only taxon in the gekkotan subclade Pygopodomorpha. Carphodactylidae and Pygopodoidea are geckos.

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Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus is a genus of medium to large geckos of the family Diplodactylidae.

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Saltuarius

Saltuarius is a genus of larger Australian geckos, known collectively as leaf-tailed geckos. Carphodactylidae and Saltuarius are geckos of Australia.

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Saltuarius swaini

Saltuarius swaini, also known as the southern leaf-tailed gecko or Border Ranges leaf-tailed gecko is endemic to Australia where it is found in coastal mountain ranges of southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Carphodactylidae and Saltuarius swaini are geckos of Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carphodactylidae

Also known as Carphodactylid.

, Pseudothecadactylus, Pygopodidae, Pygopodoidea, Rhacodactylus, Saltuarius, Saltuarius swaini, Sister group, Species, Squamata, Squamosal bone, Subfamily, Tribe (biology), Ultraconserved element, Underwoodisaurus, Underwoodisaurus milii, Uvidicolus.

Carphodactylidae, the Glossary

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Lizard families

Taxa named by Arnold G. Kluge

References