Pygopodoidea is a

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards ...

superfamily and the only taxon in the gekkotan subclade Pygopodomorpha. The clade includes three

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

n families:

Diplodactylidae The Diplodactylidae are a Family (biology), family in the suborder Gekkota (geckos), with over 150 species in 25 Genus, genera. These geckos occur in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Diplodactylids are the most ecologically diverse and ...

(stone geckos), Carphodactylidae (knob-tailed geckos), and

Pygopodidae Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a Family (biology), family of Legless lizard, legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. The 47 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight ...

(flap-footed geckos). Traditional gekkotan systematics had considered Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae as subfamilies of the family

Gekkonidae Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 62 genera. The Gekkonidae contain many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (''Hemidactylus''), the tokay gecko (''Ge ...

, but recent molecular work have placed Pygopodidae within Gekkonidae making it paraphyletic. These analyses have shown support of Pygopodidae and Carphodactylidae being sister taxa, with Diplodactylidae occupying a basal position in Pygopodoidea. Below is a taxonomic list of pygopodoid genera in taxonomic order: *Pygopodomorpha (Vidal & Hedges, 2009) **Pygopodoidea (Gray, 1845) ***

(Underwood, 1954) – Stone Geckos ****'' Crenadactylus'' (Dixon & Kluge, 1964) – Clawless Gecko ****'' Nebulifera'' (Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012) – Robust Velvet Gecko ****'' Amalosia'' (Wells & Wellington, 1984) – Amalosian Velvet Geckos ****'' Oedura'' (J. E. Gray, 1842) – Oeduran Velvet Geckos ****'' Hesperoedura'' (Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012) – Reticulated Velvet Gecko ****'' Strophurus'' (Fitzinger, 1843) – Spiny-tailed Geckos ****'' Diplodactylus'' (Gray, 1832) – Stone Geckos ****''

Rhynchoedura ''Rhynchoedura'' is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. It includes six species, commonly known as beaked geckos, all of which are Endemism, endemic to the arid zone of the Australia, Australian outback. Members of the genus are ter ...

'' (Günther, 1867) – Beaked Geckos ****'' Lucasium'' (Wermuth, 1965) – Ground Geckos ****'' Toropuku'' (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – New Zealand Striped Gecko ****'' Naultinus'' (Gray, 1842) – New Zealand Green Geckos ****'' Tukutuku'' (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – Harlequin Gecko ****'' Dactylocnemis'' (Steindachner, 1867) – Pacific Geckos ****'' Mokopirirakau'' (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – Forest Geckos ****'' Woodworthia'' (Garman, 1901) – Woodworth's Geckos ****''

Hoplodactylus ''Hoplodactylus'' is a genus of geckos in the Family (biology), family Diplodactylidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand, one of the seven Genus, genera of geckos found only in New Zealand. ''Hoplodactylus'' comprises two species of ...

'' (Fitzinger, 1843) – Hoplodactyl Geckos ****'' Pseudothecadactylus'' (Brongersma, 1936) – Cave Geckos ****'' Bavayia'' (Roux, 1913) – Bavay's Geckos ****'' Paniegekko'' (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2012) – Panié du Massif Gecko ****'' Dierogekko'' (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2006) – New Caledonian Striped Geckos ****'' Oedodera'' (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2006) – Marbled Gecko ****'' Correlophus'' (Guichenot, 1866) – Correloph Geckos ****''

Rhacodactylus ''Rhacodactylus'' is a genus of medium to large geckos of the Family (biology), family Diplodactylidae. All species in this genus are found on the islands that make up New Caledonia. Genus characteristics include long limbs and toes with well-d ...

'' (Fitzinger, 1843) – Rhacodactyl Geckos ****'' Mniarogekko'' (Bauer, Whitaker, Sadlier & Jackman, 2012) – Mossy Geckos ****''

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.AG Kluge (1967). "Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the li ...

'' (Wermuth, 1965) – New Caledonian Chameleon Geckos *** Carphodactylidae (Kluge, 1967) – Knob-tailed Geckos ****'' Phyllurus'' (Schinz, 1822) – Phyllur Leaf-tailed Geckos ****'' Saltuarius'' (Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993) – Saltuar Leaf-tailed Geckos ****'' Orraya'' (Couper, Covacevich, Schneider & Hoskin, 2000) – McIlwraith Leaf-tailed Gecko ****'' Carphodactylus'' (Günther, 1897) – Australian Chameleon Gecko ****'' Uvidicolus'' (Oliver & Bauer, 2011) – Border Thick-tailed Gecko ****'' Underwoodisaurus'' (Wermuth, 1965) – Underwood's Geckos ****'' Nephrurus'' (Günther, 1876) – Knob-tailed Geckos ***

(Gray, 1845) – Flap-footed Geckos ****'' Delma'' (Gray, 1831) – Delmas ****'' Lialis'' (Gray, 1835) – Lialis ****'' Ophidiocephalus'' (Lucas & Frost, 1897) – Bronzeback Snake-lizard ****'' Pletholax'' (Cope, 1864) – Slender Slider ****'' Aprasia'' (Gray, 1839) – Worm Geckos ****'' Paradelma'' (Kinghorn, 1926) – Brigalow Scalyfoot ****'' Pygopus'' (Merrem, 1820) – Scalyfeet

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