The final combined dataset includes 3786bp, of which 1808 sites are variable and 1251 are parsimony-informative. Bayesian, ML, and MP analyses of the combined dataset recover highly concordant phylogenies (Fig. 2). Our analyses moderately support (Bayesian PP/ML bootstrap/MP bootstrap=0.74/78/37) the monophyly of Cyrtodactylus with one exception – the peninsular India/ Sri Lanka endemic genus Geckoella is embedded within Cyrtodactylus. None of the included Palearctic bent-toed gecko genera that have long been associated and confused with Cyrtodactylus, especially Cyrtopodion and Mediodactylus, are part of the Cyrtodactylus+Geckoella clade (hereafter referred to Cyrtodactylus sensu lato). However, the species C. tibetanus, which occurs north of the Himalayas and has occasionally been considered allied to some Palearctic bent-toed geckos