Diplodactylus ornatus GRAY, 1845

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ornate Stone Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus ornatus GRAY 1845 Phyllodactylus ornatus — DUMÉRIL 1856 Diplodactylus vittatus — BOULENGER 1885 (partim) Diplodactylus ornatus — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus ornatus — COGGER 2000: 223 Diplodactylus ornatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (central coast and adjacent interior of W Western Australia) Type locality: Houtman’ s Abrolhos, W. A., probably in error for Champion Bay, vide Storr (1979).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.7.26
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus vittatus group.
Etymology	The Latin ornata, -us, = decorated" or "ornamented," refers to the ornate coloration.
References	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. Doughty, Paul and Paul M. Oliver 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 28 (1): 44-65 - get paper here Doughty, Paul; Oliver, Paul; Adams, Mark 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 24: 247-265 - 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 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 Oliver, Paul; Andrew Hugall, Mark Adams, Steven J.B. Cooper and Mark Hutchinson 2007. Genetic elucidation of cryptic and ancient diversity in a group of Australian diplodactyline geckos: The Diplodactylus vittatus complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44 (1): 77-88 - get paper here Storr, G.M. 1979. The Diplodactylus vittatus complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 7: 391-402 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.wildherps.com/species/D.ornatus.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Diplodactylus… http://orsp1.adm.binghamton.edu/~steve/CCS/Chamaeleo/chamaeleo_species… http://www.gherp.com/photo.htm http://www.chameleontradehouse.nl/en/fu-ousta-en.html Google images

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