Christinus alexanderi (STORR, 1987)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Alexander’s Southern Gecko, Alexander’s Marbled Gecko |
Synonym | Phyllodactylus marmoratus alexanderi STORR 1987: 281 Christinus marmoratus alexanderi — KLUGE 1993: 5 Christinus alexanderi — DONNELLAN, APLIN & DEMPSEY 2000 Christinus alexanderi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 58 Christinus alexanderi — HEINICKE et al. 2014 |
Distribution | Australia (Western Australia)
The Nullarbor Plain and adjacent coasts of SE Western Australia and far W South Australia, west to Balladonia HS and Israelite Bay, north at least to the Trans Australian Railway, and east to Cook and Head of Bight.
Type locality: Eucla, Western Australia, in 31°43'S, 128°53'E.
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: WAM R281 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Differing from P. m. marmoratus in its dorsal pattern typically consisting of fine, blackish, shallowly zigzagging or undulate transverse lines; lines on back not followed by a pale spot or blotch. For differences in scalation see under Remarks. |
Comment | 98-141 (N 89, mean 11.2). |
Etymology | After William Backhouse Alexander (1885-1965), Keeper of Biology in the Western Australian Museum from 1915 to 1919. |
References |
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp.
- Donnellan,S.C.; Aplin,K.P. & Dempsey,P.J. 2000. Genetic and morphological variation in Australian Christinus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): preliminary overview with recognition of a cryptic species on the Nullarbor plain. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 289-315 - 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
- Heinicke, Matthew P.; Juan D. Daza, Eli Greenbaum, Todd R. Jackman & Aaron M. Bauer 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23-42, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 - get paper here
- Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp.
- Storr, G. M. 1987. The genus Phyllodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 13 (2): 275-284 - 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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