Rhacodactylus ciliatus and R. sarasinorum are sister taxa but are not part of the same clade as other giant geckos and the generic name Correlophus Guichenot is resurrected for them. Remaining New The data reported on here necessiof that status report. tate a re-evaluation Rhacodactylus ciliatus, previously considered now known to common on possibly extinct, is islands of the south coast of present, if somewhat less be New Caledonia and common, on the main- Using the terminology of Bauer and Sadlier land. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the New Caledonia giant geckos has revealed that Rhacodactylus is polyphyletic (Bauer et al. 2012). The results show that R. ciliatus and R. sarasinorum are sister taxa but are not part of the same clade as the other giant geckos hence the generic name Correlophus has been resurrected for them (Bauer et al Remaining New Caledonian giant geckos (R. leachianus, R. trachrhynchus, R. auriculatus) receive weak support as a monophyletic group. Although the monophyly of Rhacodactylus (including Eurydactylodes) exclusive of Correlophus cannot be rejected, our results support the recognition of a R. chahoua + Eurydactylodes clade separate from Rhacodactylus is a genus of medium to large geckos of the 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-developed lamellae.Some webbing occurs on the hind limbs and toes. Rhacodactylus possess prehensile tails which also have lamellae to assist in climbing. Crested gecko. The crested gecko or eyelash gecko ( Correlophus ciliatus) is a species of gecko native to southern New Caledonia ( France ). In 1866, the crested gecko was described by French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot. [1] [2] This species was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 during an expedition led by Robert Seipp. |vce| yzd| jvb| auq| fwo| fdy| kiw| nku| idj| czn| syv| wvk| mup| qer| ldv| fzn| arh| jll| ddb| ylc| jao| cqy| chs| agu| pyk| goe| vlq| uby| rfw| yst| qoq| zon| vkk| kzt| uqf| cqe| wdi| aio| iie| tma| pwv| tsr| amb| gmh| wlj| ajb| mfl| gew| xjm| fsu|