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Strophurus ciliaris (BOULENGER, 1885)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesStrophurus ciliaris ciliaris (BOULENGER 1885)
Strophurus ciliaris aberrans (GLAUERT 1952) 
Common NamesE: Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Spiny-tailed Gecko
G: Stachelschwanzgecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus ciliaris BOULENGER 1885: 98
Diplodactylus spinigerus — ZIETZ 1920 (partim)
Diplodactylus spinigerus ciliaris — LOVERIDGE 1934
Diplodactylus ciliaris — PIANKA 1969
Diplodactylus ciliaris — PIANKA 1976
Strophurus ciliaris — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Strophurus ciliaris — GREER 1989
Strophurus ciliaris — KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus ciliaris — COGGER 2000: 215
Strophurus ciliaris — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus ciliaris — BARTS & HULBERT 2004
Strophurus ciliaris — ESCORIZA BOI 2005

Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris BOULENGER 1885
Diplodactylus ciliaris BOULENGER 1885
Diplodactylus spinigerus ciliaris — GLAUERT 1952
Diplodactylus strophurus ciliaris — MITCHELL 1955
Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris — KLUGE 1967 (partim)
Strophurus ciliaris — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris — DE LISLE et al. 2013

Diplodactylus ciliaris aberrans GLAUERT 1952
Diplodactylus spinigerus aberrans GLAUERT 1952
Diplodactylus strophurus aberrans — MITCHELL 1955
Diplodactylus strophurus aberrans — WERMUTH 1965: 26
Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris — KLUGE 1967 (partim)
Strophurus aberrans — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Diplodactylus ciliaris aberrans — STORR 1988
Strophurus ciliaris aberrans — KLUGE 1991
Strophurus ciliaris aberrans — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus ciliaris aberrans — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionAustralia (arid and semiarid New South Wales, Northern Territory, W Queensland, N South Australia, Western Australia)

ciliaris: N half of Northern Territory to far N Western Australia; Type locality: Port Darwin, Northern Territory.

aberrans: coast of NW Western Australia through arid interior to S Northern Territory, N South Australia, W New South Wales and SW Queensland; Type locality: Mount Wynna, W Kimberly, Western Australia. (Mt. Wynne, fide STORR 1988]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.87 (D. c. and D. c. c.; designated by Kluge 1967)
Holotype: WAM R2803 [aberrans] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large member of the complex (total length up to 138 mm) with long spines above eye and on tail. Differing from D. C. aberrans mainly in small non-spinose scales on top and side of tail being granular rather than tubercular [STORR 1988: 121].


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CommentGroup: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “supercilium” (eyebrow), drawing attention to the long spines above the eye.

The subspecies aberrans (= deviating) was named in allusion to the tubercular scales on its tail (Storr 1990: 20). 
References
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