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Amalosia rhombifer (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zigzag Velvet Gecko, Zig-zag Gecko 
SynonymOedura rhombifer GRAY 1845: plate 16 (partim)
Phyllodactylus Lesueurii — DUMÉRIL 1851 (partim)
Oedura rhombifera GRAY 1867
Phyllodactylus lesueurii — STEINDACHNER 1867 (partim)
Oedura rhombifera — BOULENGER 1885: 107
Oedura Lesueuri — WERNER 1908 (partim)
Oedura lesueurii rhombifer — COGGER 1957
Oedura lesueurii rhombifera — WERMUTH 1965
Amalosia rhombifer — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Oedura rhombifer — KLUGE 1993
Oedura rhombifer — RÖSLER 1995: 82
Oedura rhombifer — COGGER 2000: 266
Oedura rhombifer — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 96
Amalosia rhombifer — OLIVER et al. 2012
Amalosia rhombifer — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 120
Amalosia rhombifer — HOSKIN & COUPER 2023 
DistributionAustralia (N/NE Northern Territory, Queensland, coastal N Western Australia, New South Wales)

Type locality: N Australia (“W Australia” in original description).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH xxii.3a, collector unknown (designated by COGGER 1983). 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe type series of Oedura rhombifer Gray 1845 is composite. The SE-Queensland morph of O. rhombifer has been described as Oedura jacovae by COUPER et al. (2007). Oedura jacovae sp. nov. is not conspecific with the lectotypes of O. rhombifer (BMNH xxii.3a) or O. lesueurii (MNHN 268).

Karyotype: 2n = 36 (King 1987) 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin rhombus (rhombus or diamond) plus -fer (bearing), alluding to the zig-zag pattern on the dorsum. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Baker, Cherryl Richards; Brattstrom, Bayard H.; Brattstrom, Martha A. 1998. Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos. Dactylus 3 (3): 97-102
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Broom, R. 1898. On the lizards of the Chillagoe District, N Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 22: 639-645 [1897] - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - 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.
  • COUPER,PATRICK J.; LAUREN D. KEIM & CONRAD J. HOSKIN 2007. A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1587: 27–41 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J.E. 1867. The Lizards of Australia and New Zealand in the Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum
  • 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
  • HOSKIN, C. J., & COUPER, P. J. 2023. Revision of zigzag geckos (Diplodactylidae: Amalosia) in eastern Australia, with description of five new species. Zootaxa 5343(4), 301-337 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Australische Samtgeckos. Die Gattung Oedura. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Aaron M. Bauer, Eli Greenbaum, Todd Jackman, Tara Hobbie 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (2): 255-264 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Schmida, G. 2007. Betrachtungen zu den australischen Samtgeckos der Gattung Oedura. Draco 8 (29): 22-30 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Ulber, T. & E. Ulber 1987. Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer - Erfahrungen mit der Zimmerhaltung von verschiedenen Geckos. Sauria 9 (2): 7-12 - 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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