Gehyra electrum ZOZAYA, FENKER & MACDONALD, 2019
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Gehyra electrum
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Amber rock dtella |
| Synonym | Gehyra electrum ZOZAYA, FENKER & MACDONALD 2019 |
| Distribution | NE Australia (NE Queensland) Type locality: Springfield Station, Queensland (17.89°S, 144.41°E, 490 m elevation) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: QM J96403 (SMZ0970), adult male (Fig. 4 in Zozaya et al. 2019). collected from on 23 September 2017 by S.M. Zozaya, J.W. de Jong, and A.L. Fenner. Paratypes. Talaroo Station, Queensland (18.02°S, 143.79°E): QM J96402 (male), QM J96408 (female). Springfield Station, Queensland (17.89°S, 144.41°E): QM J96404 (female). Amber Station, Queensland (17.74°S, 144.32°E): QM J70090 (male). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized (46–50 mm SVL) species of Gehyra; no webbing of skin between toes III and IV; no skin-fold along posterior of hindlimb; subcaudal scales transversely widened; rostral scale gabled dorsally with a deep medial groove on the dorsal half of the scale; single internarial scale usually present; 2 postnasals of similar size, or with lower postnasal slightly larger; mental scale wedge-shaped posteriorly; 2–3 pairs of postmental scales (chin shields), with inner pair largest and separated from each other by the mental scale along 40% or more of their length; 7–9 supralabials; 7–8 infralabials; snout moderately convex in lateral view; 7–8 undivided subdigital lamel- lae on the expanded portion of the fourth toe, excluding the apical wedge; subdigital lamellae often with deep medial notch but never fully divided; no granules separating proximal lamellae; adult males with 12–13 pre-cloacal pores arranged in a shallow wedge that points anteriorly; background colouration orange-brown to pinkish-orange; dorsal pattern variable but typically consists of white spots, sometimes arranged in transverse rows, with dark spots that sometimes merge into irregular blotches or dark transverse bands. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | From the Latin noun electrum, meaning ‘amber’, in reference to the orange-brown background colouration typical of the species, and alluding to Amber Station, where the earliest confirmed specimen of this species was collected (paratype QM J70090). The name is treated as a noun in apposition. |
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