Last updated 3 April 2013: added as separate page for old classification of geckos.
Under the most recent classification of geckos, the diplodactyline geckos have been raised to a full family but have had several genera removed and others added through the splitting of older genera such as Oedura. are found in the range of Australian, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The subfamily included the world's largest geckos. Most of the diplodactylids lay a pair of soft-shelled eggs that lack calcite, while the rest are ovo-viviparous.
Please note that this section of the gecko pages is under revision and will be added to shortly.
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Genus |
Common Name |
No. of species |
Distribution |
Notes |
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Amalosia |
|
4 |
|
|
|
New Caledonian Geckos |
12 |
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
Chameleon Geckos |
1 |
Australia |
|
|
|
Correlophus |
|
3 |
|
|
|
Knob-Tailed Gecko |
1 |
Australia |
|
|
|
Dactylocnemis |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Dierogekko |
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
18 |
Australia |
|
|
|
|
4 |
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
Hesperoedura |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Australia |
|
|
|
|
2 |
New Zealand |
|
|
|
Beaded Geckos |
11 |
Australia |
|
|
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Mniarogekko |
|
2 |
|
|
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Mokopirirakau |
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4 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
New Zealand |
|
|
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Nebulifera |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Knob-Tailed Geckos |
9 |
Australia |
|
|
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Velvet Geckos |
10 |
Australia |
|
|
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Paniegekko |
|
1 |
|
|
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Long-Necked Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko |
1 |
Australia |
|
|
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Leaf-Tailed Geckos |
8 |
Australia |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Australia |
|
|
|
|
4 |
New Caledonia |
|
|
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Beaked Geckos |
6 |
Australia |
|
|
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Leaf-Tailed Geckos |
5 |
Australia |
|
|
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Strophurus |
|
17 |
|
|
|
Toropuku |
|
1 |
|
|
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Tukutuku |
|
1 |
|
|
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Thick-Tailed Geckos |
2 |
Australia |
|
|
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Woodworthia |
|
3 |
|
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Members of the old genus Heteropholis have now been reassigned to Naultinus.
Lizards of the World, Mattison
Breeding and Keeping Geckos, Coborn, TFH 1995 - a particularly valuable book for lesser known geckos, especially the Diplodactylines, although some of the taxonomic data now seems to be outdated.
Keeping and Breeding Lizards, Mattison
Geckos: Keeping and Breeding Them in Captivity, Walls and Walls, TFH 1999.
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