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Diplodactylus vittatus GRAY, 1832

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eastern Stone Gecko, Wood Gecko, Stone Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus vittatus GRAY 1832: 40
Diplodactylus ornatus GRAY 1844 (fide LOVERIDGE 1934)
Diplodactylus furcosus PETERS 1863: 229 (fide BOULENGER 1885)
Phyllodactylus Lesueurii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836 (partim)
Phyllodactylus vittatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 400
Phyllodactylus Vittatus — DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1851
Phyllodactylus vittatus — DUMÉRIL 1856
Diplodactylus polyophthalmus GÜNTHER 1867: 49 (fide LOVERIDGE 1934)
Diplodactylus vittatus — BOULENGER 1885: 100
Diplodactylus vittatus — LUCAS & FROST 1894
Phyllodactylus barbouri ANGEL 1936 (fide KLUGE 1965)
Diplodactylus vittatus — WERMUTH 1965: 27
Diplodactylus vittatus (cf) furcosus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989
Diplodactylus vittatus — KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus vittatus — COGGER 2000: 232
Diplodactylus vittatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria)

Type locality: Australia (‘Nova Hollandia’)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.7.43 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): A genus of the Diplodactylidae (sensu Han et al. 2004) distinguished from all but Lucasium and Rhynchoedura by having both lateral and medial pairs of cloacal bones present. Distinguished from Lucasium and Rhynchoedura by the anteriorly enlarged jugal bone that enters the floor of the lacrimal foramen, by having relatively high numbers of preanal spinose scales (generally > 5), absence of preanal pores and shorter, stouter proportions of the body and tail (fourth toe on hind foot approximately four times as long as wide, tail generally swollen and less than 80% of SVL) (Oliver et al. 2007a). The genetic data of Oliver et al. (2007b) clearly places D. savagei within Diplodactylus [from DOUGHTY et al. 2010].


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CommentGroup: Diplodactylus vittatus group.

Type Species: Diplodactylus vittatus GRAY 1832 is the type species of the genus Diplodactylus GRAY 1832.

Type genus: Diplodactylus is the type genus of the family Diplodactylidae.

Phylogenetics: see Skipwith et al. 2019 for a phylogenetic tree of the family.

Reproduction: for a collection of data on reproductive details in Diplodactylidae see Rösler 2022.

Habitat. Found in a variety of semiarid to dry temperate habitats, from sandy mallee in the south to rocky hill slopes in tall open forest in the Great Dividing range. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin vittatus (decorated with a ribbon), referring to the vertebral stripe. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
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  • Bustard, H.R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos Herpetologica 21 (4): 294-302. - get paper here
  • Bustard, H.R. 1968. Temperature Dependent Activity in the Australian Gecko Diplodactylus vittatus. Copeia 1968 (3): 606-612 - 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.
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  • Gray, J.E. 1832. Three new animals brought from New Holland by Mr Cunningham. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1832: 39-40
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  • HUTCHINSON, MARK N.; PAUL DOUGHTY & PAUL M. OLIVER 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167: 25-46 - get paper here
  • Kay, G.M.; D. Michael; M. Crane; S. Okada; C. MacGregor; D. Florance; D. Trengove; L. McBurney; D. Blair; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2013. A list of reptiles and amphibians from Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in south-eastern Australia. Check List 9 (3):476-481 - get paper here
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  • Kluge, A.G. 1965. The systematic status of certain Australian lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Australian Zoologist 13 (2): 121-125
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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
  • Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer; M. Crane; C. MacGregor; R. Montague-Drake; L. McBurney. 2011. Reptilia, Murray catchment, New South Wales, southeastern Australia. Check List 7 (1):25-29 - get paper here
  • Oliver, Paul M.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Cooper, Steven J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55( 3):197-210 - 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
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1863. Eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1863 (April): 228-236 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert 2022. Akzente der Fortpflanzungsbiologie oviparer Geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) - Charakter, Evolution, Phylogenie. Vernate 41/2022: 91-212
  • Skipwith, P.L., Bi, K., Oliver, P.M. 2019. Relicts and radiations: Phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2019), doi: - get paper here
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