Diplodactylus is a genus of geckos of the family Diplodactylidae from Australia. They are sometimes called stone geckos or fat-tailed geckos. Member species are morphologically similar but genetically distinct.

Species The following 27 species are included in Diplodactylus:

Diplodactylus ameyi – eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus barraganae – gulf fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus bilybara – western fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus calcicolus – south coast gecko Diplodactylus capensis – Cape Range stone gecko Diplodactylus conspicillatus – burrow-plug gecko, variable fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus custos – Kimberley fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus fulleri – Lake Disappointment ground gecko Diplodactylus furcosus – forked gecko, Ranges stone gecko Diplodactylus galaxias – Northern Pilbara beak-faced gecko Diplodactylus galeatus – helmeted gecko Diplodactylus granariensis – western stone gecko Diplodactylus hillii – northern fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus kenneallyi – Kenneally's gecko Diplodactylus klugei – Kluge's gecko Diplodactylus laevis – desert fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus lateroides – speckled stone gecko Diplodactylus mitchelli – Pilbara stone gecko Diplodactylus nebulosus Diplodactylus ornatus – ornate stone gecko Diplodactylus platyurus – eastern fat-tailed gecko Diplodactylus polyophthalmus – spotted sandplain gecko Diplodactylus pulcher – fine-faced gecko Diplodactylus savagei – yellow-spotted Pilbara gecko Diplodactylus tessellatus – tessellated gecko Diplodactylus vittatus – eastern stone gecko, stone gecko, wood gecko Diplodactylus wiru – desert wood gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diplodactylus.

References

Further reading

Gray JE (1832). "Characters of a New Genus of Mammalia, and of a New Genus and two New Species of Lizards, from New Holland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832: 39–40. (Diplodactylus, new genus, p. 40). (in English and Latin).