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Rhynchoedura sexapora PEPPER, DOUGHTY, HUTCHINSON & KEOGH, 2011

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Northern Beaked Gecko 
SynonymRhynchoedura sexapora PEPPER, DOUGHTY, HUTCHINSON & KEOGH 2011
Rhyncoedura sexapora — HEINICKE et al. 2023 (in error) 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: Kimberley region)

Type locality: El Questro Station, WA (-16.01861°S, 128.00389°E).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: WAM R170241 (formerly AMS R139904) (male) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Morphologically distinguished from congeners by six (occasionally four) slightly enlarged round pre-anal pores in a shallow ‘V’ pointing anteriorly (Fig. 5b) and dorsal scales moderately gabled, ventrals slightly larger than dorsal scales (rather than all scales flat and subequal). Further distinguished from R. mentalis sp. nov. by having a single mental scale and cloacal spurs formed by a single enlarged scale. Dorsal pattern differs from other species (except R. mentalis sp. nov.) by having a brown background color darker and with smaller pale spots (Fig. 4c, Supplementary Fig. 6, in PEPPER et al. 2011). 
Comment 
Etymologysexapora is derived from the Latin sex (six) and porus (pore), referring to the condition of the pre-anal pores. Used as an adjective: ‘six-pored’. 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - get paper here
  • Heinicke, M.P., Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M. et al. 2023. Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high-throughput sequencing of archival DNA. Sci Rep 13, 9141 - get paper here
  • Pepper, Mitzy; Paul Doughty, Mark N. Hutchinson, J. Scott Keogh 2011. Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia’s arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 810-822 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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