Rhynchoedura

Rhynchoedura, also known as the beaked geckos, is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae endemic to Australia. It includes six species:[1]

Rhynchoedura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Rhynchoedura
Günther, 1867

The genus was regarded as monotypic, a single species named as Rhynchoedura ornata by Albert Günther in 1867. A second species was described in 1985, without widespread recognition, and in 2011 an extensive revision sampling the population across Australia found cryptic species and named four new taxa.[2]

  • Rhynchoedura angusta Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson, & Keough, 2011 (border beaked gecko)
  • Rhynchoedura eyrensis Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson, & Keough, 2011 (Eyre Basin beaked gecko)
  • Rhynchoedura mentalis Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson, & Keough, 2011 (Brigalow beaked gecko)
  • Rhynchoedura ormsbyi Wells & Wellington, 1985 (eastern beaked gecko)
  • Rhynchoedura ornata Günther, 1867 (western beaked gecko)
  • Rhynchoedura sexapora Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson, & Keough, 2011 (northern beaked gecko)

References
  1. Rhynchoedura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.
  2. Pepper, M.; Doughty, P.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Scott Keogh, J. (December 2011). "Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia's arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (3): 810–822. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.012. PMID 21884806.
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