Strophurus taeniatus (LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON, 1913)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Phasmid Striped Gecko, White-striped Gecko |
Synonym | Oedurella taeniata LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913: 5 Diplodactylus michaelseni — LOVERIDGE 1934 (partim) Diplodactylus taeniatus — COGGER 1975 (partim) Diplodactylus taeniate — COGGER & HEATWOLE 1981 Strophurus taeniatus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Strophurus taeniatus — GREER 1989 Strophurus taeniatus — KLUGE 1993 Strophurus taeniatus — RÖSLER 1995: 85 Diplodactylus taeniatus — COGGER 2000: 229 Strophurus taeniatus — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus taeniatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Strophurus taeniatus — MULDER et al. 2022 |
Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) Type locality: Denham, Western Australia |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NRM (NHRM) 2999 (1913 Oedurella taeniata) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A very small, slender Diplodactylus (subgenus Strophurus), most like D. jeanae but with rostral widely excluded from nostril and much narrower dark dorso-lateral, mid-lateral and mid-ventral stripes [from STORR 1988] |
Comment | Group: Diplodactylus michaelseni group (subgenus Strophurus). Has been synonymized with D. michaelseni by WERMUTH 1965: 24. Type species: Oedurella taeniata LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913: 5 is the type species of the genus Oedurella LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913. |
Etymology | Named after Latin “taenia” (= ribbon). |
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