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Strophurus williamsi (KLUGE, 1963)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Soft-spined Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus williamsi KLUGE 1963
Strophurus williamsi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Strophurus williamsi — GREER 1989
Strophurus williamsi — KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus williamsi — COGGER 2000: 234
Strophurus williamsi — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus williamsi — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Strophurus williamsi — RÖSLER 2018: 22 
DistributionAustralia (NE New South Wales, Queensland, SE South Australia,
NW Victoria)

Type locality: Warrumbungle Mts., N. S. W.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS R14987 
Diagnosis 
CommentGroup: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus) 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Ernest Edward Williams (1914-1998), a herpetologist, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 
References
  • Andrews, R. M., Brandley, M. C. and Greene, V. W. 2013. Developmental sequences of squamate reptiles are taxon specific. Evolution & Development, 15: 326–343. doi: 10.1111/ede.12042 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Greer, A.E. 1989. The biology and evolution of Australian lizards. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW 264 pp.
  • Hagey TJ, Harte S, Vickers M, Harmon LJ, Schwarzkopf L 2017. There’s more than one way to climb a tree: Limb length and microhabitat use in lizards with toe pads. PLoS One 12 (9): e0184641 - get paper here
  • Kluge, A. G. 1963. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from eastern Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 88: 230-234 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. 1993. Diplodactylus williamsi KLUGE, 1963. Sauria 15 Suppl.: 273–276 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8 (29): 49-66 - get paper here
  • Murphy, Michael J. and Jessica K. Murphy 2015. Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Merriwindi State Conservation Area in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales. Australian Zoologist: 37 (4): 517-528 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Sadlier, R.A.; O’Meally, D.; Shea, G.M. 2005. A new species of Spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from inland Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 573-581. - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • VANDERDUYS, ERIC 2017. A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from central Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4347 (2): 316–330 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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