Lucasium wombeyi (STORR, 1978)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pilbara Ground Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus wombeyi STORR 1978: 344 Turnerdactylus wombeyi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus wombeyi — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus wombeyi — COGGER 2000: 234 Lucasium wombeyi — OLIVER et al. 2007 Lucasium wombeyi — COGGER 2014: 315
Distribution	Australia (S Pilbara, Western Australia) Type locality: Cockeraga River, 22° 05’ S, 118° 48’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R36747
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A Diplodactylus of the stenodactylus group with moderately large apical plates and rostral entering nostril; apices of digits more strongly dilated than in other members of group, and subdigital granules larger, flatter and mostly arranged in pairs. Most like D. alboguttatus but lacking large white spots on flanks and limbs. (Storr 1978)
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group.
Etymology	Named after Canberra naturalist John C. Wombey.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - 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 Pepper, Mitzy; Paul Doughty, J. Scott Keogh 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 539–555 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6: 337-352 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/paper/ZO07008.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Lucasium/wombeyi Google images

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