Lucasium immaculatum (STORR, 1988)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pale-striped Ground Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus stenodactylus — KLUGE 1967 (partim) Diplodactylus jonathoni WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Diplodactylus immaculatus STORR 1988: 217 Turnerdactylus jonathoni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Diplodactylus immaculatus — COGGER 2000: 219 Lucasium immaculatum — OLIVER et al. 2007
Distribution	Australia (central interior of Northern Territory, west central interior of Queensland)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R21408 Holotype: AMS R95612 [Diplodactylus jonathoni Wells & Wellington 1985]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small member of the Diplodactylus stenodactylus group (Kluge 1967: 1030) with a pale vertebral stripe, rostral widely precluded from nostril, and moderately large subdigital apical plates. Most like D. stenodactylus but differing in coloration (little or no facial pattern, few or no pale spots on body, and with lateral branches to vertebral stripe) and having lower rostral, lower fIrst upper labial, larger posterior supranasal, larger subdigital granules, larger apical plates and fewer pre-anal pores. (Storr 1988) Additional details (1208 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Group: Diplodactylus stenodactylus group. Synonymy: See Bauer 1994 for a discussion of nomenclatorial problems concerning the priority of Diplodactylus jonathoni over Diplodactylus immaculatus.
Etymology	Latin for unspotted.
References	Bauer, A.M. 1994. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Gekkonidae I (Australia). Das Tierreich, Vol. 108, W. de Gruyter & Co. (Berlin) 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 Storr, G. M. 1988. Three new Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the and zone of Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 217-233. - get paper here VANDERDUYS, ERIC; CONRAD J. HOSKIN, ALEX S. KUTT, JUSTIN M. WRIGHT, STEPHEN M. ZOZAYA 2020. Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4877 (2): 291–310 - get paper here Wells, R. W. and Wellington, C. R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series (1): 1-61 [sometimes cited as 1983] - 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… Google images

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