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| Higher taxonomic categories of gekkonid lizards and their evolution. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 135, article 1 |
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| Title: | Higher taxonomic categories of gekkonid lizards and their evolution. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 135, article 1 |
| Other Titles: | Gekkonid lizards |
| Authors: | Kluge, Arnold G. |
| Issue Date: | 1967 |
| Publisher: | New York : [American Museum of Natural History] |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 135, article 1 |
| Abstract: | "The lizard family Gekkonidae consists of 82 genera and approximately 650 species. The family is found on the majority of land masses between latitude 50° N. and latitude 50° S. and has adapted to most environmental extremes therein. Important aspects of the general biology of these lizards are summarized for the first time. The relationships of the Gekkonidae to other modern lizards are briefly discussed, and the family is characterized in detail on the basis of internal and external morphology. It is suggested at the limbless lizards of the family Pygopodidae evolved directly from the Gekkonidae. The fossil history of gekkonoids is reviewed, and it appears that the extinct Upper Jurassic family Ardeosauridae is directly ancestral to gekkos. The Ardeosaurinae and the eublepharine gekkos have many characters in common. The Tertiary fossil gekkos Rhodanogekko, Caudurcogekko, and Gerandogekko appear to be more closely related to the Gekkoninae than to the other subfamilies as they are de... |
| Description: | 59 p., 5 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1985 |
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