Diplodactylidae | |
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Oedura lesueurii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Pygopodomorpha |
Family: |
Diplodactylidae Underwood, 1954 |
Genera | |
25 See text |
25 See text
The Diplodactylidae are a family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with about 137 species in 25 genera. These geckos occur in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Three diplodactylid genera (Oedura, Rhacodactylus, and Hoplodactylus) have recently been split into multiple new genera
In previous classifications, the family Diplodactylidae is equivalent to the subfamily Diplodactylinae.