Pseudothecadactylus australis (GÜNTHER, 1877)
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Pseudothecadactylus australis
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cape York Pad-tail Gecko |
| Synonym | Thecadactylus australis GÜNTHER 1877: 414 Thecadactylus australis — BOULENGER 1885: 112 Torresia australis — BRONGERSMA 1934 Thecadactylus australis — LOVERIDGE 1934: 311 Pseudothecadactylus australis — BRONGERSMA 1936 Pseudothecadactylus australis — WERMUTH 1965: 153 Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 1975 Rhacodactylus (Pseudothecadactylus) australis — BAUER 1990 Rhacodactylus australis — KLUGE 1991 Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 1992 Pseudothecadactylus australis — KLUGE 1993 Rhacodactylus australis — RÖSLER 1995 Pseudothecadactylus australis — COGGER 2000: 271 Pseudothecadactylus australis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland: N Cape York Peninsula; Islands of Torres Strait) Type locality: Islands of the Torres Strait. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 77.3.3.12 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (Torresia = Pseudothecadactylus): “Digits strongly dilated, inferiorly with two series of transverse lamellae; inner digit clawless, other digits with a sessile, non retractile claw. Claw-sheath bordered distally by one large transverse scale (fig. 6); it opens at the extremity of the digital expansion, in front of the terminal lamellae (fig. 5). Fingers with a rudiment of a web; a web is also present between the inner four toes, absent between the fourth and fifth toe. Back covered with rather large flat juxtaposed scales. Snout and forehead with rather large rough vermiculated tubercles, confluent with the cranial ossification. Male with a subtriangular patch of preanal pores, no femoral pores. Post-anal slits and ossicles present. Post-anal swelling covered with large hexagonal scales. Pupil vertical.” (Brongersma 1934: 176) |
| Comment | Type species: Thecadactylus australis GÜNTHER 1877: 414 is the type species of the genus Pseudothecadactylus BRONGERSMA 1936: 136 (a nomen novum pro Torresia BRONGERSMA 1934 non Torresia LAPORTE-CASTELNAU 1876, a genus of fish). |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin australis (southern). In its original placement in the genus Thecadactylus, this was the most southern species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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