Pygopodoidea is a gecko superfamily and the only taxon in the gekkotan subclade Pygopodomorpha. The clade includes three Australasian families: Diplodactylidae (stone geckos), Carphodactylidae (knob-tailed geckos), and Pygopodidae (flap-footed geckos). Traditional gekkotan systematics had considered Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae as subfamilies of the family Gekkonidae, but recent molecular work have placed Pygopodidae within Gekkonidae making it paraphyletic.Han, D., K. Zhou, & A. M. Bauer. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from c-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 353– 368. These analyses have shown support of Pygopodidae and Carphodactylidae being sister taxa, with Diplodactylidae occupying a basal position in Pygopodoidea.Gamble, T., A. M. Bauer, E. Greenbaum, & T.R. Jackman. 2008. Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards. Journal of Biogeography 35: 88-104
Below is a taxonomic list of pygopodoid genera in taxonomic order: Pygopodomorpha (Vidal & Hedges, 2009) Pygopodoidea (Gray, 1845) Diplodactylidae (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 (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 (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 (Fitzinger, 1843) – Rhacodactyl Geckos Mniarogekko (Bauer, Whitaker, Sadlier & Jackman, 2012) – Mossy Geckos Eurydactylodes (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 Pygopodidae (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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