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Christinus marmoratus (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Marbled Southern Gecko, Marbled Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus porphyreus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836 (partim)
Phyllodactylus Peronii FITZINGER 1843: 95
Diplodactylus marmoratus GRAY 1845
Goniodactylus australis GRAY 1845
Gonatodes australis — BOULENGER 1885: 72 (?)
Phyllodactylus marmoratus — BOULENGER 1885: 88
Phyllodactylus macrodactylus BOULENGER 1885: 89
Phyllodactylus affinis — BOULENGER 1885: 89
Phyllodactylus marmoratus — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 28
Phyllodactylus marmoratus — LOVERIDGE 1934
Phyllodactylus marmoratus — BUSTARD 1965
Phyllodactylus marmoratus — COGGER 1983
Christinus marmoratus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Christinus biggsae WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 10
Phyllodactylus marmoratus marmoratus — STORR 1987
Christinus marmoratus marmoratus — RÖSLER 2000: 62
Christinus marmoratus macrodactylus — RÖSLER 2000: 62
Christinus marmoratus — COGGER 2000: 208
Christinus marmoratus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 60
Christinus marmoratus — HEINICKE et al. 2014 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: restricted to West- and South Australia (Kangaroo Island, Swan River, Freemantle, Champion Bay, Houtman’s Abrolhos, Norfolk Island, Aneitum).

Type locality: “Australia” and “Houtman’s Abrollos” [GRAY 1845].

Type locality: Australia [macrodactylus].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH xxi.9.a. Designated by Wells & Wellington (1985) (marmoratus)
Syntypes: MNHN 6734, 6734A [Peronii]
Holotype: BMNH 55.8.16.15 [affinis]
Holotype: BMNH xxii.86a [australis]
Syntypes: BMNH 70.6.26.60 [macrodactylus]
Holotype: AMS 116977 [biggsae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3633 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentKaryotype: Christinus marmoratus marmoratus is a composite of two chromosomally distinct, but morphologically very similar taxa.

Type species: Diplodactylus marmoratus GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Christinus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1994: 75. See comments in Bauer 1994 for a discussion of nomenclatorial issues.

Subspecies: Christinus marmoratus macrodactylus is not recognized as subspecies any more (Glenn Shea, pers. comm. Feb 2019).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after the marmorated color pattern of this species. 
References
  • 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
  • Bush, B. 1981. Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region. B. Bush, Perth, 46 pp - get paper here
  • Bustard, H.R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos Herpetologica 21 (4): 294-302. - get paper here
  • Clemann, N., & Robertson, P. 2023. A winner in a time of loss: Recent range expansion of the Marbled Gecko'Christinus marmoratus' in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist, 140(2), 45-47 - 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.
  • 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
  • Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
  • Hallermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61 - 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
  • How, RA, Cowan, MA, Teale, RJ, Schmitt, LH. 2020. Environmental correlates of reptile variation on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago, eastern Indian Ocean. J Biogeogr. 47: 2017– 2028 - get paper here
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  • Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here
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  • Rösler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) - 5. Der Hemipenis von Christinus marmoratus marmoratus (GRAY 1845) (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae). Gekkota 2: 255-258
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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