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Pygopus Merrem 1820 (gecko)

Reptilia - Squamata - Gekkonidae

Parent taxon: Gekkonidae according to N. Frank and E. Ramus 1996

See also Daza et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Aprasia, Aristelliger, Bogertia, Briba, Cadurcogekko, Coleonyx, Cyrtodactylus, Delma, Diplodactylinae, Diplodactylus, Eublepharinae, Euleptes, Geckolepis, Gehyra, Gekko, Gekkoninae, Gerandogekko, Gonatodes, Gymnodactylus, Hemidactylus, Hemiphyllodactylus, Homonota, Hoplodactylus, Laonogekko, Lygodactylus, Naultinus, Nephrurus, Pachydactylus, Paroedura, Phelsuma, Phyllodactylus, Phyllopezus, Platydactylus, Pletholax, Rhodanogekko, Sphaerodactylinae, Sphaerodactylus, Tarentola, Teratoscincus, Thecadactylus, Uroplatinae, Uroplatus, Yantarogekko

Subtaxa: Pygopus hortulanus Pygopus lepidopodus

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Neville's Garden Site (Miocene of Australia)

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