Heteronotia fasciolata PEPPER, DOUGHTY, FUJITA, MORITZ & KEOGH, 2013
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Pale-headed Gecko |
Synonym | Heteronotia fasciolatus PEPPER, DOUGHTY, FUJITA, MORITZ & KEOGH 2013 Heteronotia fasciolata — COGGER 2014: 976 |
Distribution | Australia (NT) Type locality: Harts Range racecourse, central Australia, NT (-23.02284°S, 134.93135°E), |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: NTM R36284 (male), collected on 3 June 2010 by M. Fujita, M. Pepper, and C. Moritz. Paratypes. — MCZ 188177 Harts Range racecourse (-23.02284°S, 134.93135°E); MCZ 188183 (male) Tylers Pass, NT (-23.62938°S, 132.35660°E); MCZ 188182 (male), Ormiston Gorge, NT (-23.63799uS, 132.73291uE); NTM R36288 (female) Tylers Pass, NT (-23.62938°S, 132.35660°E); NTM R36297 (male), Ormiston Gorge, NT (223.63799°S, 132.73291°E). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: — Distinguished from congeners by medium body size (to 57.0 mm SVL), slightly robust habitus, moderately wide head (to 13.7 mm HeadW), tail stout at base, small tympanum, typically 8 or 9 supralabials and 6 or 7 infralabials, enlarged dorsal tubercles surrounded by at least one smaller granule anterior and posterior to scale, and usually two smaller granules to sides, dorsum with 6–8 strongly contrasting bands; edges of bands with dark brown border and irregular edge (some bands breaking up), top of head pale. Additional details (529 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Habitat. — Sheltering among rocks naturally, but can be found among human-made structures such as sheet metal in rocky surrounds. Similar species: H. binoei (see sympatry) Sympatry: the CA6 chromosome race of H. binoei in central Australia. Here H. binoei also posess a banded morphology, with occasional samples strikingly similar to H. fasciolatus. |
Etymology | In a PhD thesis, Stewart (1996) informally proposed the name H. fasciolatus based on four karyotyped specimens from Undoolya Station in Central Australia. Fasciolatus is a diminutive of the Latin fascia, meaning ‘band’. |
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