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Gehyra marginata BOULENGER, 1887

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ternate Dtella 
SynonymGehyra marginata BOULENGER 1887: 486
Gehyra Fischeri STRAUCH 1887: 29 (fide BOULENGER 1887)
Gehyra marginata — OUDEMANS 1894134
Gehyra marginata BOETTGER 1895: 116 (non G. marginata BOULENGER 1887)
Gehyra marginata — DE ROOIJ 1915: 44
Gehyra marginata — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961: 11
Gehyra marginata — WERMUTH 1965: 34
Gehyra marginata — KLUGE 1993
Gehyra marginata — RÖSLER 2000: 80
Gehyra marginata — FLECKS et al. 2012
Gehyra marginata — KRAUS 1924 
DistributionIndonesia (Moluccas: Ternate, Halmahera, Morotai, Kei)

Type locality: Morty [= Morotai], Moluccas.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.14.72 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: SMF 8928 [Gehyra marginata BOETTGER] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1603 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Beckon (1992) included all giant Gehyra ranging from the Moluccas to Fiji in his concept of G. vorax and questioned the distinctiveness of G. marginata from that species. However, Oliver et al. (2016) confirmed the validity of marginata.

Distribution: Stubbs et al. (2021) stated that marginata is restricted to the Moluccas. Not in New Guinea (Kraus 2024).

Similar species: G. membranacruralis, G. aquilonia.

Group: Allied to Gehyra oceanica and similar forms.

Note that this species was described in the “Addenda and corrigenda 3rd volume of Boulenger’s catalog 
EtymologyNamed after Latin marginatus = provided with borders, presumably for the folds on the sides, although not explicitly explained by Boulenger. 
References
  • Beckon, W.N. 1992. The giant Pacific geckos of the genus Gehyra: morphological variation, distribution, and biogeography. Copeia 1992 (2): 443-460 - get paper here
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Liste der Amphibien und Batrachier des Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's. Zool. Anz. 18: 116-121, 129-138 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Remarks on Dr. A. Strauch’s catalogue of geckos in the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19: 383-388 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here
  • Brongersma, L.D. 1948. Lizards from the island of Morotai (Moluccas). Proc. Koninkl. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C. 51: 486-495
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Flecks M., Schmitz A., Böhme W., Henkel F. W. & Ineich I. 2012. A new species of Gehyra Gray, 1834 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu, and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Gehyra in Melanesia. Zoosystema 34 (2): 203-221, http://dx.doi. org/10.5252/z2012n2a1 - get paper here
  • Glässer-Trobisch, Andrea & Dietmar Trobisch 2021. Begegnungen mit Hydrosaurus & Co. in der Wallacea. Teil 3: Drachen im Vogelparadies – Halmahera. Sauria 43 (3): 23-46
  • Kraus, F. 2024. Status of Gehyra marginata Boulenger, 1887 on New Guinea. Herpetology Notes, 17, 805-807
  • Langner, Christian 2022. Beobachtung des Verzehres einer für Gekkota ungewöhnlichen und bis jetzt noch nicht dokumentierten Nahrungskomponente durch Gehyra marginata Boulenger, 1887, im Terrarium [Observation of the consumption of a food component by Gehyra marginata Boulenger, 1887, in the terrarium, which is unusual for Gekkota and has not yet been documented] Sauria 44 (4): 53-55
  • Oudemans, J. Th. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 8:127—146 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H., Glaw, F.& R. Günther 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Geckonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64 - get paper here
  • Strauch, A. A. 1887. Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Mém. Acad. Impér. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, ser. 7, 35 (2): 1-72 - get paper here
  • Stubbs, A., Tallowin, O., Oliver, P. 2021. Gehyra marginata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T42482860A42482865 - get paper here
  • Tanner, V.W. 1950. Pacific islands herpetology. No. III, Moroai Island. Great Basin Naturalist 10: 1-30 - get paper here
 
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