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Nephrurus deleani HARVEY, 1983

IUCN Red List - Nephrurus deleani - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pernatty Knob-tail 
SynonymNephrurus vertebrais — COGGER 1979 (partim)
Nephrurus deleani HARVEY 1983
Nephrurus deleani — KLUGE 1993
Nephrurus deleani — RÖSLER 1995: 73
Nephrurus deleani — COGGER 2000: 255
Nephrurus deleani — OLIVER & BAUER 2011
Nephrurus deleani — COGGER 2014: 265
Nephrurus deleani — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 102 
DistributionAustralia (SC South Australia, region of Pernatty Lagoon)

Type locality: 44 km south-east of Pimba, SA (31°31'S, 137°08'E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAM R21868; paratype: WAM 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Single lumbar vertebra; phalangeal formulae 2-3-3-3-3 (manus and pes); metatarsals two or more times length of corresponding phalanges; anterior face of forelimb with scattered enlarged conical tubercles; flanks with scattered tubercles; mental rectangular; posterior dorsal tubercles surrounded by rosettes of slightly enlarged scales; tail moderate, with 9—10 rows of tubercles and 15—17 caudal annuli. (23). (Bauer 1990)


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CommentDistribution: see map in Bauer 1990: 144 (Fig. 61) 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. J. Steven "Steve" C. Delean, an Australian statistician who worked at James Cook University, North Queensland. 
References
  • Annable, Terry 1998. Nephrurus deleani (Harvey 1983). Dactylus 3 (3): 115-116
  • Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zool. Monogr. 30: 1-220 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - 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.
  • Delean,S. & Harvey, C. 1983. Notes on the Reproduction of Nephrurus deleani (Reptilia:Gekkonidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108 (3/4): 221-222 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Harvey C 1983. A new species of Nephrurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107 (3-4): 231-235 - get paper here
  • Oliver, P.M. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Systematics. and evolution of the Australian knob-tail geckos (Nephrurus, Carphodactylidae, Gekkota): Pleisomorphic grades and biome shifts through the Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 664-674 - get paper here
  • Read, John 1998. Hemmed in on all sides? The status of the restricted gecko, Nephrurus deleani. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28 (2): 30-38
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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