Phyllurus kabikabi COUPER, HAMLEY & HOSKIN, 2008

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Higher Taxa	Carphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phyllurus kabikabi COUPER, HAMLEY & HOSKIN 2008 Phyllurus kabikabi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Phyllurus kabikabi — COGGER 2014: 275 Phyllurus kabikabi — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 111
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Oakview Forest Reserve (26° 07’ 23”S 152° 19’ 01”E).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J63857
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Phyllurus kabikabi sp. nov. is separated from all its congeners by the following combined characters: tail cylindrical; rostral scale fully divided; ventral surface of hindlimb lacking pronounced, raised tubercules.
Comment	COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR SPECIES. Phyllurus kabikabi sp. nov. can only be confused with P. gulbaru Hoskin, Couper & Schneider and P. caudiannulatus, its congeners with cylindrical, non-depressed, tapering original and regenerated tails. It is readily separated from P. gulbaru by the condition of the rostral scale (rostral fully divided by rostral groove vs partially divided in P. gulbaru) and the number of pale bands on the original tail (5-6 vs 8 in P. gulbaru). P kabikabi sp. nov. is most similar to P. caudiannulatus, which is generally more spinose. It is readily separated by the scalation along the ventral surface of the hindlimb (uniform granules vs granules intermixed with pronounced, raised tubercules in P. caudiannulatus. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Derived from Kabi Kabi (pronounced car-bee car-bee) to recognise the language group of the traditional owners of Oakview Forest Reserve. The name Kabi is derived from the traditional name Kav’ai or Kab’ai being the name for the native light grey bee and pronounced car-by.
References	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 Couper P.J.; Hamley, B.; Hoskin, C.J. 2008. A New Species of Phyllurus (Lacertailia: Gekkonidae) from the Kilkivan district of South-Eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52 (2): 139-147 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Phyllurus/kabikabi http://www.desertserpents.com/photogallery.htm (as “Trimerisis”) Google images

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