Oedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Oedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006 Oedodera marmorata — SKIPWITH et al. 2016
Distribution	NW New Caledonia Type locality: Creek à Paul, Sommet Noir, Paagoumène, 11 km NW Koumac, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°29’ 21.1’’ S, 164° 11’ 49.5’’ E, elevation 20 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 2004.0015 (formerly AMS R161256), collected by A. H. Whitaker and V. A. Whitaker, 19 October 2001. Paratypes: AMS R 161257, 161259, CAS 230934, same data as holotype; AMS R 161263, Ruisseau des Gaïacs, Paagoumène, 6 km NW Koumac, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20° 31’ 16.2’’ S, 164° 14’ 40.6’’ E, 30 m, etc.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus). Oedodera may be distinguished from all other New Caledonian diplodactylid genera by the following combination of character states: body size small (to 61 mm SVL); head large, neck distinctly swollen, nearly as wide as the widest part of head; tail to 93% of SVL; dorsal scalation granular, homogeneous; body without extensive skin webs or flaps; expanded, undivided subdigital lamellae under all toes; reduced claw of digit I of manus and pes situated between an asymmetrical pair of apical scansors; digit I of pes only with a small rounded scale on medial side in gap between subdigital lamellae and apical scansors; medial apical scansor present on digit II of one or more feet (condition variable); precloacal pores in two or three short rows (fewer than 20 pores in total) not extending onto thighs, females with precloacal slits or pits without secretory material; dorsal pattern of marbled or reticulated brown; venter distinctly yellowish (BAUER et al. 2012).
Comment	Type species: Oedodera marmorata BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006 is the type species of the genus Oedodera BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER & WHITHAKER 2006. Diplodactylidae fide BAUER (pers. comm. 18 Feb 2011). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	The species is named after the Latin “marmorata” for ‘‘marbled’’ and refers to the dorsal patterning of the species. It is feminine matching the generic name in gender.
References	Barts, M. 2006. Verbeulte Geckos und geschwätzige Skinke - neue Echsen aus Neukaledonien. Terraria 1 (1): 28-29 Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd; Sadlier, R.A.; Whitaker, A.H. 2006. A new genus and species of Diplodactylid gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 60 (1): 125-136 - get paper here BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here Langner, Christian & Patrick Schönecker 2018. Pacific Lost World – die weniger bekannte, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (1): 14-26 [2017] - get paper here SCHÖNECKER, Patrick & Christian LANGNER 2012. Neue Namen und alte Bekannte – Gattungsrevision der Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos (Rhacodactylus) und weiterer Geckogattungen Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (6): 58-65 - get paper here Skipwith, Phillip L.; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman and Ross A. Sadlier 2016. Old but not ancient: coalescent species tree of New Caledonian geckos reveals recent post-inundation diversification. Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12719 - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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