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Hesperoedura reticulata (BUSTARD, 1969)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulated Velvet Gecko 
SynonymOedura reticulata BUSTARD 1969
Amalosia reticulata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Amalosia reticulata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 10
Oedura reticulata — KLUGE 1993
Oedura reticulata — COGGER 2000: 265
Oedura reticulata — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 96
Hesperoedura reticulata — OLIVER et al. 2012 
DistributionAustralia (southwestern interior of Western Australia)

Type locality: 9 mi N of Kelanning, in 33° 22’ S, 117° 32’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R23350 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Oedura reticulata BUSTARD 1969 is the type species of the genus Hesperoedura OLIVER et al. 2012. 
EtymologyNamed after the reticulate pattern of the species.

Etymology (genus): ‘‘western swollen-tail’’ from the Greek hesperos (western), oed (swollen) and dura (tail), in reference to its restricted distribution in the south-west Australian Biodiversity Hotspot. The generic name is feminine. [OLIVER et al. 2012]. 
References
  • Bustard, H. R. 1969. Oedura reticulata, a new velvet gecko from south—west Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 11:82—85. - 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.
  • 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
  • Hoehn, M. & Sarre, S.D. 2005. Tetranucleotide microsatellites in the gecko Oedura reticulata isolated from an enriched library. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 730–732 - get paper here
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Australische Samtgeckos. Die Gattung Oedura. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
  • LEE, PATRICIA L.M.; CRAIG D.H. SHERMAN, LEE A. ROLLINS, ERIK WAPSTRA & KARL P. PHILLIPS. 2022. Do female amphibians and reptiles have greater reproductive output if they have more mates? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76(7): 96. - 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, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) - 3. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Arten der Gattungen Hoplodactylus FITZINGER 1843, Naultinus GRAY 1842, Oedura GRAY 1842, Rhacodactylus FITZINGER 1843 und Strophurus FITZINGER 1843 (Gek Gekkota 2: 220-248
  • Sarre, S. 1995. Size and structure of populations of Oedura reticulata (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in woodland remnants: Implications for the future regional distribution of a currently common species. Australian Journal of Ecology 20 (2): 288-298 - 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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