Diplodactylus Gray, 1832

Doughty, Paul, Pepper, Mitzy & Keogh, Scott, 2010, Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species, Zootaxa 2393, pp. 33-45 : 36

Diplodactylus Gray, 1832

Type species: D. vittatus Gray, 1832 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. A genus of the Diplodactylidae (sensu Han et al. 2004) distinguished from all but Lucasium and Rhynchoedura by having both lateral and medial pairs of cloacal bones present. Distinguished from Lucasium and Rhynchoedura by the anteriorly enlarged jugal bone that enters the floor of the lacrimal foramen, by having relatively high numbers of preanal spinose scales (generally> 5), absence of preanal pores and shorter, stouter proportions of the body and tail (fourth toe on hind foot approximately four times as long as wide, tail generally swollen and less than 80% of SVL) ( Oliver et al. 2007a). The genetic data of Oliver et al. (2007b) clearly places D. savagei within Diplodactylus .