Strophurus jeanae (STORR, 1988)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Southern Phasmid Gecko |
Synonym | Diplodactylus jeanae STORR 1988 Diplodactylus taeniata — STORR & FORD 1967 Diplodactylus taeniatus — COGGER (partim) 1975 Oedurella taeniata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 (partim) Oedurella jeanae — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Strophurus jeanae — GREER 1989 Strophurus jeanae — KLUGE 1991 Strophurus jeanae — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus jeanae — COGGER 2000: 220 Strophurus jeanae — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus jeanae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (arid zone of N Northern Territory and N Western Australia) Type locality: Port Hedland, Western Australia, in 20° 19'S, 118°36' E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R81843 (1988 Diplodactylus jeanae Storr) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A very small and extremely slender Diplodactylus (subgenus Strophurus), most like D. taeniatus but with rostral entering nostril and very wide ventral stripe (at widest occupying half width of abdomen). |
Comment | Group: Diplodactylus michaelseni group (subgenus Strophurus). |
Etymology | Named after Miss Jean White, a member the Western Australian Museum's Department of Ornithology and Herpetology. |
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