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Cyrtodactylus adorus SHEA, COUPER, WILMER & AMEY, 2011

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCyrtodactylus adorus SHEA, COUPER, WILMER & AMEY 2011 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland: rocky outcrops on or near the lower reaches of the Pascoe River)

Type locality: Pascoe River mouth, 8 m asl (12° 29' 09" S 143° 16' 28" E)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: QM J86979, male, P. Couper, A. Amey & L. Roberts, 17.ix.2008. Paratypes. QM J31806, Pascoe River (12o 30' S 143o 16' E); J86978, J86980–83, Pascoe River mouth (12o 29' 09" S 143o 16' 28" E); J86958–62, J86969, Wattle Hills (12o 32' 57" S 143o 11' 12" E); J88831–32, 2 km S Stanley Hill (12o 27' 50" S 143o 16' 14" E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large Cyrtodactylus (SVL to 123 mm) with small tubercles on antebrachium, moderately devel- oped dorsal tubercles (those over temporal region small and only slightly projecting); in 21–24 longitudinal rows at the midpoint of the trunk (axilla-groin interval); 34–40 ventral scale rows at the same level; a continuous series of 56–65 enlarged femoroprecloacal scales extending from one knee to the other, each scale bearing a pore in males; mental with a posterior extension extending between postmentals; lips cream to brown; dark dorsal bands on trunk usually three, with a narrow dark edge posteriorly, and often a narrow pale edge anteriorly, dark nape band with a narrow vertebral extension anteriorly, but other dark bands straight-edged; little or no indication of any dark marks in the pale interspaces; basal tail bands broad and evenly dark, about twice the width of pale interspaces [SHEA et al. 2011]. 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyFrom the Greek άδωρος (adoros; = pure, incorruptible), alluding to the evenly and straight banded coloration, unmarred by dark spotting, curves or irregular margins. 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - 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
  • SHEA, GLENN; PATRICK COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER & ANDREW AMEY 2011. Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3146: 1–63 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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