Nactus eboracensis (MACLEAY, 1877)
We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: 
| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Heteronota eboracensis MACLEAY 1877: 101
Heteronota ? eboracensis — BOULENGER 1885: 76
Nactus eboracensis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Nactus eboracensis — ZUG 1998
Nactus eboracensis — COGGER 2000: 741
Nactus eboracensis — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland: Northern half of Cape York Peninsula and some Torres Strait islands)
Type locality: Cape York, Queensland.
|
| Reproduction | bisexual |
| Types | Lectotype: AMS R29951 (fide Shea & Sadlier 1999: 22); MAMU = Macleay Museum R975 (designated by KLUGE 1963) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: Previously considered as s synonym of Gymnodactylus (Nactus) pelagicus pelagicus, e.g. by WERMUTH 1965 and RÖSLER 2000. |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin place name Eboracum (York, in England). This species was described from Cape York, in Queensland. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
| References |
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - 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.
- HEINICKE, MATTHEW P.; ELI GREENBAUM, TODD R. JACKMAN, AARON M. BAUER 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics of Pacific Nactus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) and the Diphyly of Australian Species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61 (17): 633-646 - get paper here
- Kraus, Fred 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan Region. Zootaxa 1061: 1-28 - get paper here
- Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 2: 60-69; 97-104 - get paper here
- Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
- Zug, G.R. & Fisher, R.N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa 3257: 22–37 - get paper here
- Zug, George R. 1998. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 613-626 - get paper here
|
| External links |
|
Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator
