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Gehyra dubia (MACLEAY, 1877)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dubious four-clawed gecko, Dubious Dtella, Northern Dtella 
SynonymGecko Grayi STEINDACHNER 1867
Peripia dubia MACLEAY 1877: 98
Peripia longicaudis MACLEAY 1877: 98
Gehyra torresiana [GÜNTHER] 1877
Gehyra australis (?) — PETERS & DORIA 1878
Gehyra variegatus (?) — PETERS & DORIA 1878
Gehyra longicauda — BOULENGER 1885: 147
Gehyra dubia — BOULENGER 1885: 147
Perochirus mestoni DE VIS 1890
Peropus variegatus australis — LOVERIDGE 1934 (partim)
Gehyra variegata australis — MITCHELL 1955 (partim)
Gehyra grayi — BÖRNER & SCHÜTTLER 1982
Dactyloperus grayi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Gehyra dubia — KING 1985
Dactyloperus dubia — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Dactyloperus longicaudis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Dactyloperus mestoni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 12
Dactyloperus kingi WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 11 (fide SISTROM et al. 2009)
Phyriadoria dubia — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989
Gehyra dubia — KLUGE 1993
Gehyra dubia — COGGER 2000: 238
Gehyra dubia — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Gehyra dubia — OLIVER et al. 2019 
DistributionAustralia (N New South Wales, Queensland, islands of Torres Strait, islands of the Great Barrier Reef),
S Papua New Guinea, Louisiades (?)

Type locality: Cape Grenville, South of Shelburne Bay, east coast of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: QM J.40870, designated by King, 1984.
Holotype: lost, formerly MAMU (fide KING 1984) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Bauer (1994) discusses synonymy issues with G. australis, grayi, variegata etc. and synonymized Dactyloperus kingi with G. variegata. KLUGE 1993 includes G. torresiana GÜNTHER 1877 in the synonymy list of G. dubia. In addition, KLUGE (1993) lists [Gehyra] mestoni and [Gehyra] grayi as synonyms of Gehyra variegata. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin dubius (doubtful), possibly relating to uncertainty in Macleay's mind about the distinction of this species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Amey, A. 2022. Rungulla Bush Blitz Amphibians and Reptiles. Privately published - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. 1994. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Gekkonidae I (Australia). Das Tierreich, Vol. 108, W. de Gruyter & Co. (Berlin)
  • 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
  • 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.
  • de Vis, C. W. 1890. Descriptions of two lizards of genera new to Australian Herpetology. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 4: 1034-1036 [1889] - get paper here
  • GOLDBERG, STEPHEN R. & CHARLES R. BURSEY. 2021. New Helminth Records for the Dubious Dtella, Gehyra dubia, and the Spotted Dtella, Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Australia. Comparative Parasitology 88(1): 19-21. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Horner, P. 2005. Gehyra koira sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies from the Ord-Victoria region of north-western Australia and a key to the Gehyra australis species complex. The Beagle 21: 165-174 - get paper here
  • King M 1984. The Gehyra australis species complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4) 1983: 147-169 - get paper here
  • Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp.
  • Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 2: 60-69; 97-104 - get paper here
  • Moss, R J & Schwarzkopf, L; 2019. Gehyra dubia (Dubious Dtella) Vocal dyadic interactions. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 574-575 - get paper here
  • Nordberg, E. J., Murray, P., Alford, R. and Schwarzkopf, L. 2017. Abundance, diet and prey selection of arboreal lizards in a grazed tropical woodland. Austral Ecology. doi:10.1111/aec.12570 - get paper here
  • Nordberg, Eric J. and Lin Schwarzkopf 2015. Arboreal Cover Boards: Using Artificial Bark to Sample Cryptic Arboreal Lizards. Herpetologica Dec 2015, Vol. 71, No. 4: 268-273. - get paper here
  • Oliver, P. M., Ashman, L. G., Bank, S., Laver, R. J., Pratt, R. C., Tedeschi, L. G., & Moritz, C. C. 2019. On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1), 81 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig and G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn. nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. ser. 1, 13: 323-450 - get paper here
  • Phongkangsananan, Nilinda; Lin Schwarzkopf, and David A. Pike 2014. Chatty Females and Quiet Males: Complex Vocal Communication in the Northern Dtella, Gehyra dubia. Herp. Cons. Biol. 9 (2): - get paper here
  • Riedel, J., Nordberg, E. and Schwarzkopf, L. 2020. Ecological niche and microhabitat use of Australian geckos. Israel J Ecol Evol 66 (3-4): 209-222 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H., Glaw, F.& R. Günther 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Geckonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64 - get paper here
  • Sistrom, M.J.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Hutchinson, R.G. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Australian Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and taxonomic revision of Gehyra variegata in south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2277: 14–32 - get paper here
  • Steindachner, F. 1867. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858,1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Zoologie), Vol. 1, part 3 (Reptilien p.1-98). K. Gerold's Sohn/Kaiserlich-Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien [1869 on title page] - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
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  • ZOZAYA, STEPHEN M.; JÉSSICA FENKER, STEWART L. MACDONALD 2019. A new species of rock-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Gehyra) from the Mt Surprise region of northern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4688 (4): 503–518 - get paper here
 
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