Gehyra montium STORR, 1982
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Centralian Dtella |
Synonym | Gehyra punctata — MITCHELL 1965 (partim) Gehyra montium STORR 1982 Dactyloperus montium — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Gehyra montium — KLUGE 1993 Gehyra montium — COGGER 2000: 239 Gehyra montium — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (C/S Northern Territory, NW South Australia, E Western Australia) Type locality: Mt Lindsay, South Australia, in 27°02'S, 129°53'E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R31732 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small rock-inhabiting Gehyra, most like G. variegata but slightly smaller (SVL up to 50, v. up to 54 mm) and with ground colour reddish (rather than brownish), pale dorsal spots usually detached from dark markings (in variegata the white spots or short white transverse bars are contiguous to posterior edge of dark transverse bars and are partly enclosed by these bars when they curve concavely backwards), and top of rostral less acutely gable-shaped. Further distinguishable from G. pilbara by first upper labial not higher than second, and from G. purpurascens by larger postnasal and presence of pale spots on head and back. Additional details (1117 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Group: Member of the Gehyra variegata-punctata species complex. Karyotype: 2n=42a Distribution: see map in Kealley et al. 2018: 4 (Fig. 1). |
Etymology | Named after Latin for mountain or “from the mountains”. |
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