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Crenadactylus pilbarensis DOUGHTY, ELLIS & OLIVER, 2016

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pilbara clawless gecko 
SynonymCrenadactylus pilbarensis DOUGHTY, ELLIS & OLIVER 2016 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: Pilbara region, Burrup Peninsula)

Type locality: Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia (20°35'34"S, 116°47'58"E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R132630, adult female, collected by B. Maryan, 31 May 1998. Fixed in 10% formalin, stored in 70% ethanol at WAM. Liver sample stored at the Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide (SAMA). Paratypes (6). WAM R100988, 80 km south of Telfer, WA (22°20'S, 122°05'E); WAM R132540, Burrup Peninsula, WA (20°36'45"S, 116°47'37"E); WAM R132627, WAM R132629, Burrup Peninsula, WA (20°35'34"S, 116°47'58"E); WAM R140394, Deepdale Outstation, Robe River Station, WA (21°43'S, 116°11'E) WAM R160059, 55 km east-south-east of Meentheena Outcamp, WA (21°19'19"S, 121°00'08"E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small (to 28.4 mm SVL) species of Crenadactylus. Rostral in full contact with nostril, internasal (if present) not extending beyond supranasal, single greatly enlarged postmental, dorsal scales homogeneous and moderately keeled, 6 pre-cloacal pores in males with innermost pore-bearing scales in contact, no enlarged tubercles on original tails. Ground colour light brown; dorsal pattern consists of well-defined pale and dark longitudinal stripes, scattered clusters of 1–3 pale scales, lateral zones light grey to tan with stippling occasionally forming 1 or 2 broken or weakly defined lateral lines; ventrum pale off-white with weak to moderate stippling. 
CommentHabitat. Collection records indicate this species occurs in spinifex clumps on rocky hills and in gullies on the mainland, but sandy substrates for the Dolphin Island specimens. 
EtymologyNamed for the Pilbara region where this species occurs. 
References
  • DOUGHTY, PAUL; RYAN J. ELLIS, PAUL M. OLIVER 2016. Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4168 (2): 239–278 - 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
 
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