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Strophurus wellingtonae (STORR, 1988)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Shield Spiny-tailed Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus wellingtonae STORR 1988
Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris — KLUGE 1967 (partim)
Strophurus wellingtonae — GREER 1989
Strophurus wellingtoni — COGGER 1992
Strophurus wellingtonae — KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus wellingtonae — COGGER 2000: 234
Strophurus wellingtonae — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Strophurus wellingtonae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (arid W Western Australia)

Type locality: 40 km NE Laverton, WA, in 28°23'S, 122°35'E.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R15218 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large, long-tailed member of the complex (total length up to 145 mm) with long spines above eye and on tail. Differing from D. ciliaris ciliaris and D. c. aberrans in dorsal tubercles being arranged in two parallel rows (rather than scattered over back), all spines and tubercles being orange or brown (never black) and mouth being bluish (not yellowish). (Storr, 1988)


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CommentGroup: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus). 
EtymologyNamed after Australian naturalist Betty Doreen Wellington. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • 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
  • Greer, A.E. 1989. The biology and evolution of Australian lizards. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW 264 pp.
  • Laube, A. & Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8 (29): 49-66 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Sadlier, R.A.; O’Meally, D.; Shea, G.M. 2005. A new species of Spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from inland Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 573-581. - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1988. The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14: 121-133. - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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