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Turnip Tailed Gecko

Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Species recognized by Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Belize Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Suriname Species List, Venezuela Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, NCBI, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), and United States Species List
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Recognized by CalPhotos and Animal Diversity Web
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, Anguilla Species List, and Aruba Species List
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)
Recognized by INBio
Thecadactylus rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Recognized by ReptileDB
Thecadactylus rapicaudus
Species recognized by Bolivia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Peru Species List, Venezuela Species List, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Thecadactylus rapicaudus (Houttuyn 1782)
Recognized by Conabio
Gecko laevis
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Platydactylus theconyx
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia ES, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Anderson and Wiens 2017, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and GGBN data coverage
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Mesquita et al, 2015, and Flickr Group
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) Houttuyn 1782
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn)
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Thecadactylus rapicauda Houttuyn
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

Alternative Names

Gecko laevis Cuvier 1837
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gekko laevis Daudin 1802
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gekko rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gekko surinamensis Daudin 1802
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pachydactylus tristis Hallowel 1854
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Platydactylus theconyx Duméril & Bibron 1836
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Stellio perfoliatus Schneider 1792
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thecadacrylus rapicaudus Amaral 1949
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thecadactylus rapicaudus Boulenger 1885
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gecko laevis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Gecko laevis Cuvier 1837
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Gekko laevis Daudin 1802
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Gekko rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Gekko surinamensis Daudin 1802
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Pachydactylus tristis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Pachydactylus tristis Hallowel 1854
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Platydactylus theconyx
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Platydactylus theconyx Duméril & Bibron 1836
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Stellio perfoliatus Schneider 1792
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Thecadacrylus rapicaudus Amaral 1949
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Thecadactylus rapicaudus
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Thecadactylus rapicaudus Boulenger 1885
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Gecko laevis Cuvier 1837
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gekko Rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Gekko laevis Daudin 1802
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gekko laevis Daudin 1802
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Gekko rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gekko rapicauda Houttuyn 1782
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Gekko surinamensis Daudin 1802
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gekko surinamensis Daudin 1802
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pachydactylus tristis Hallowel 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Pachydactylus tristis Hallowel 1854
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Platydactylus theconyx Duméril & Bibron 1836
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Platydactylus theconyx Duméril & Bibron 1836
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Stellio perfoliatus Schneider 1792
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Stellio perfoliatus Schneider 1797
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Thecadacrylus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Thecadacrylus rapicaudus Amaral 1949
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Thecadactylus rapicaudus Boulenger 1885
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Common Names

English

Turniptail Gecko
prefer
Recognized by ReptileDB and Animal Diversity Web
turnip-tailed gecko
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Turnip-tailed gecko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Turnip-tailed Gecko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Rübenschwanzgecko preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Korean

순무꼬리도마뱀붙이 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Naakaii Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ atʼayilkeeʼí bitseeʼ ditání preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Geco escorpión.
Inglés: Turnip tail Gecko preferred
Recognized by INBio
Escorpion
prefer
Recognized by Conabio

Es Myn

P'kuneil preferred
Recognized by Conabio
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Curated hierarchies for Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus Cuvier 1820
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum Köhler & Vesely 2011
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus Cuvier 1820
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn 1782) (this page)
Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner 1994
Asaccus elisae (Werner 1895)
Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold 1972)
Asaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els 2016
Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & Anderson 1973
Asaccus kermanshahensis Rastegar-Pouyani 1996
Asaccus kurdistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizl 2006
Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els 2016
Asaccus montanus Gardner 1994
Asaccus nasrullahi Werner 2006
Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner 1994
Haemodracon riebeckii (Peters 1882)
Haemodracon trachyrhinus (Boulenger 1899)
Homonota fasciata (Duméril & Bibron 1831)
Homonota gaudichaudii (Duméril & Bibron 1836)
Homonota uruguayensis (Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano 1961)
Phyllodactylus bordai Taylor 1942
Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis Dixon (1966)
Phyllodactylus clinatus Dixon & Huey 1970
Phyllodactylus davisi Dixon 1964
Phyllodactylus delcampoi Mosauer 1936
Phyllodactylus duellmani Dixon 1960
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus (Wiegmann 1834)
Phyllodactylus homolepidurus Smith 1935
Phyllodactylus inaequalis Cope 1876
Phyllodactylus insularis Dixon 1960
Phyllodactylus interandinus Dixon & Huey 1970
Phyllodactylus johnwrighti Dixon & Huey 1970
Phyllodactylus lanei Smith 1935
Phyllodactylus leei Cope 1889
Phyllodactylus microphyllus Cope 1876
Phyllodactylus muralis Taylor 1940
Phyllodactylus nocticolus Dixon 1964
Phyllodactylus palmeus Dixon 1968
Phyllodactylus partidus Dixon 1966
Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus Dixon 1960
Phyllodactylus reissii Peters 1862
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus Wiegmann 1834
Phyllodactylus unctus Cope 1864
Phyllodactylus xanti Cope 1863
Phyllopezus lutzae (Loveridge 1941)
Phyllopezus maranjonensis Koch, Venegas & Böhme 2006
Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues 1986
Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix 1825)
Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden 1827
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff 1798)
Ptyodactylus homolepis Blanford 1876
Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova 2013
Ptyodactylus oudrii Lataste 1880
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan 1893
Ptyodactylus ragazzii Anderson 1898
Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza 2017
Tarentola americana (Gray 1831)
Tarentola angustimentalis Steindachner 1891
Tarentola annularis (Geoffroy de St-Hilaire 1827)
Tarentola boavistensis Joger 1993
Tarentola bocagei Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2011
Tarentola boehmei Joger 1984
Tarentola boettgeri Steindachner 1891
Tarentola caboverdiana Schleich 1984
Tarentola chazaliae (Mocquard 1895)
Tarentola darwini Joger 1984
Tarentola delalandii Duméril & Bibron 1836
Tarentola deserti Boulenger 1891
Tarentola ephippiata O'Shaughnessy 1875
Tarentola fogoensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2011
Tarentola gigas (Bocage 1875)
Tarentola gomerensis Joger & Bischoff 1983
Tarentola hoggarensis Werner 1937
Tarentola maioensis Schleich 1984
Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus 1758)
Tarentola mindiae Baha El Din 1997
Tarentola neglecta Strauch 1887
Tarentola nicolauensis Schleich 1984
Tarentola pastoria Trape, Ineich & Baldé 2012
Tarentola protogigas Joger 1984
Tarentola raziana Schleich 1984
Tarentola rudis Boulenger 1906
Tarentola senegambiae Joger 1984
Tarentola substituta Joger 1984
Thecadactylus solimoensis Bergmann & Russell 2007

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus rapicauda (this page)
Thecadactylus solimoensis
unclassified Thecadactylus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Gekkota
Phyllodactylidae
Thecadactylus
Thecadactylus rapicauda (this page)
Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum
Thecadactylus solimoensis
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