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Diplodactylus fyfei MCDONALD, FENNER, TORKKOLA & OLIVER, 2024

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fyfe’s mesa gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus fyfei MCDONALD, FENNER, TORKKOLA & OLIVER 2024 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, South Australia)

Type locality: foothills east of Mt Beddome on New Crown Station (25.78252°S, 134.35169°E)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NTM R39440, a male collected by P. McDonald on 3rd December 2023.
Paratypes. NTM R39439, female, foothills east Mt Beddome, New Crown Station, NT (25.78252°S, 134.35169°E); NTM R39441, female, foothills near Mt Beddome, New Crown Station, NT (25.78252°S, 134.35169°E); SAMA R25851, male, Eringa Station, SA (26.28°S, 134.72°E); SAMA R47003, female, 10 km WSW of Mosquito Camp Dam, New Crown Station, SA (26.1606°S, 134.3997°E).
Referred material. NTM R39442, foothills east of Mt Beddome, New Crown Station, NT (25.78252°S, 134.35169°E); NTM R39443–4, foothills of Mt Beddome, New Crown Station, NT (–25.78122°S, 134.36182°E); SAMA R25852, Eringa Station, SA (26.28°S, 134.72°E); SAMA R47002, 10 km WSW of Mosquito Camp Dam, New Crown Station, SA (26.1606°S, 134.3997°E); SAMA R47004, 10 km WSW of Mosquito Camp Dam, New Crown Station, SA (26.1606°S, 134.3997°E). 
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References
  • McDonald, P. J., Fenner, A. L., Torkkola, J., & Oliver, P. M. 2024. Vicars in the desert: Substrate specialisation and paleo-erosion underpin cryptic speciation in an Australian arid-zone lizard lineage (Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus). Vertebrate Zoology, 74, 577-594 - get paper here
 
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