Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus COGGER, 1975
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Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Pseudothecadactylus 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 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia: coastal region of NW Kimberley) Type locality: vicinity of Koongarra Mining Camp, Mt. Brockman Range, NT (12° 51’ S, 132° 52’ E) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R43176, originally in AMS (AM) R38734, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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) |
| Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Presumably 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) |
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