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Phyllurus fimbriatus HOSKIN, 2023

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Higher TaxaCarphodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Scawfell Island Leaf-tailed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllurus fimbriatus HOSKIN 2023: 235 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Scawfell Island (20.8743°S, 149.6102°E; 200 m a.s.l.),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. QM J97578, adult female, original tail, 18 November 2021, C. J. Hoskin, E. Carmichael & E. Evans; Figure 2. Paratypes. QM J97576, subadult female, original tail; QM J97577 adult male, regenerated tail; QM J97579, adult female, regenerated tail; collection details same as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from congeners by the following characters: large size (SVL to 113 mm); obviously flared original and regenerated tail; rostral scale partially divided by a single groove; body and tail surfaces with small tubercles, with larger spinose tubercles largely restricted to margins of original tail; anterior-most white band on original tail V-shaped or notched, and spanning full width of tail; ventral surfaces immaculate. (Hoskin 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyThe species name fimbriatus is Latin for ‘fringed’, referring to the restriction of spines on the original tail to a fringe along the outer edge. 
References
  • HOSKIN, C. J. 2023. A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 5244 (3): 233-243 - get paper here
 
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