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Gehyra crypta KEALLEY, DOUGHTY, PEPPER, KEOGH, HILLYER & HUEY, 2018

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Cryptic Gehyra 
SynonymGehyra crypta KEALLEY, DOUGHTY, PEPPER, KEOGH, HILLYER & HUEY 2018
Gehyra variegata B3 — ASHMAN et al. 2018 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Upper Marillana Creek (2241′S, 11857′E), WA  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: WAM R156482, an adult male collected on 15 April 2005 by M. Ladyman and colleagues. Paratypes. WAM R111672 (male), one km north–north-west of Mount Bruce (2234′59′′S, 11827′25′′E); WAM R117152 (female), Dead Horse Rocks, 6.5 km north of Menzies (2922′S, 12117′E); WAM R151160 (female), Tom Price (2229′22′′S, 11741′29′′E); WAM R157121 (female), West Angelas (2311′57′′S, 11850′49′′E); WAM R165142 (male), 2.1 km north–north-east of Millstream (2134′38′′S, 11703′44′′E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately sized (to 56.5 mm SVL) species with moderately short snout, internarial usually (80%) present, lower and upper postnasals of similar size, two pairs of chin shields, second or third infralabial notched by parinfralabial scales, usually six
or seven (rarely eight) subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe and males with 10–16 (mean 12.4) pre-cloacal pores. In preservative, light grey to dark brown with highly variable pattern: from isolated dark and pale bars to dark network with white spots to patternless, head stripes present but with lower post-orbital stripe at most a spot and ventrum moderately to heavily stippled. Genetically diagnosed from other arid clade members (except G. ocellata sp. nov.) by the ND2 sites in Table 3. 
CommentDistribution: see map in Kealley et al. 2018: 4 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyThe species epithet is derived from the Greek kruptos, meaning ‘hidden.’ The name alludes to this species similarity to other species in the arid clade of the G. variegata group. Used as an adjective. 
References
  • Ashman, L. G., Bragg, J. G., Doughty, P. , Hutchinson, M. N., Bank, S. , Matzke, N. J., Oliver, P. and Moritz, C. 2018. Diversification across biomes in a continental lizard radiation. Evolution, doi:10.1111/evo.13541 - get paper here
  • Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - get paper here
  • Kealley, Luke; Paul Doughty, Mitzy Pepper, J. Scott Keogh, Mia Hillyer and Joel Huey 2018. Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species. PeerJ 6:e5334; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5334 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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