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Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus COGGER, 1975

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus COGGER 1975: 93
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri — COGGER et al. 1983 (partim)
Rhacodactylus cavaticus — KLUGE 1991
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus COGGER 1992
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus — KLUGE 1993
Rhacodactylus cavaticus — RÖSLER 1995
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus — RÖSLER 2000: 107
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: coastal region of NW Kimberley)

Type locality: vicinity of Koongarra Mining Camp, Mt. Brockman Range, NT (12° 51’ S, 132° 52’ E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R43176, originally in AMS (AM) R38734, adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from the nominate subspecies by its possession of moderately heterogeneous dorsal and lateral scales (homogeneous in Pseudothecadactylus l. lindneri) and its colour pattern (see fig. 6). In all specimens of P. I. lindneri so far examined, the rostral is excluded from the nostril, whereas the three types of P. l. cavaticus each has the rostral narrowly contacting the nostril (narrowly separated on one side in WAM R43137). (Cogger 1975)


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Comment 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin cavus (hole, in this case referring to a cave) plus the suffix -icus (belonging to), in reference to the cave-dwelling ecology. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger,H.G. 1975. New lizards of the genus Pseudothecadactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 30: 87-97 - get paper here
  • Cogger,H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 4th ed. Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Smith, L.A. 1989. Taxonomic status of the gecko Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus Cogger. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 425-426
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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