Lucasium stenodactylus (BOULENGER, 1896)
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Lucasium stenodactylus
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Western sandplain gecko, Pale-snouted Ground Gecko, Crowned Gecko |
| Synonym | Diplodactylus polyophthalmus — GÜNTHER 1867 (partim) Diplodactylus stenodactylus BOULENGER 1896: 232 Diplodactylus woodwardi FRY 1914: 175 (fide KLUGE 1963) Diplodactylus stenodactylus — LOVERIDGE 1934: 309 Diplodactylus stenodactylus stenodactylus — UNDERWOOD 1954 Diplodactylus woodwardi — GLAUERT 1956: 55 Diplodactylus stenodactylus — GLAUERT 1956: 55 Diplodactylus stenodactylus — WERMUTH 1965: 25 Diplodactylus stenodactylus — PIANKA 1976 Turnerdactylus stenodactylus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus stenodactylus — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus stenodactylus — COGGER 2000: 228 Lucasium stenodactylum — OLIVER et al. 2007 Lucasium stenodactylum — COGGER 2014: 314 Lucasium stenodactylus — SWAN et al 2017 Lucasium stenodactylus — EASTWOOD et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: Roebuck Bay, Northwest Australia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMUO K2001 (Diplodactylus stenodactylus Boulenger 1896) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Lucasium distinguished from other members of the genus by rostral excluded from nostril, rostral crease present, terminal apical plates approximately the same width as digits, tail moderately long (TailL%SVL ~0.81), males and females with 2–5 precloacal pores and males with a single enlarged cloacal spur. Background colour light reddish brown, overlain by dark variegations, small pale spots tending to join together on forebody and pale vertebral stripe that forks strongly on the nape (Eastwood et al. 2020: 74). |
| Comment | Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group. Distribution: for a map see Eastwood et al. 2020: 67 (Fig. 2). |
| Etymology | Named after the Greek “stenos” (= narrow) and “dactylos” (= toe). While the specific epithet is sometimes spelt stenodactylum, the original combination (Diplodactylus stenodactylus) does not indicate whether the species name is a noun or adjective, and as dactylus can be a noun, it is required to be treated as a noun under the Code (Article 31.2.2). |
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