Strophurus spinigerus (GRAY, 1842)
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Strophurus spinigerus
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus (GRAY 1842) Strophurus spinigerus inornatus (STORR 1988) |
| Common Names | E: South-western Spiny-tailed Gecko, Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko |
| Synonym | Diplodactylus spinigerus GRAY 1842 Strophura spinigera — GRAY 1845 Phyllodactylus Spinigerus — DUMÉRIL 1851 Diplodactylus spinigerus — BOULENGER 1885: 99 Diplodactylus spinigerus spinigerus — LOVERIDGE 1934 Diplodactylus strophurus spinigerus — MITCHELL 1955 Strophurus spinigerus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Strophurus spinigerus — GREER 1989 Strophurus spinigerus — KLUGE 1993 Diplodactylus spinigerus — COGGER 2000: 225 Strophurus spinigerus — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus spinigerus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus (GRAY 1842) Diplodactylus spinigerus GRAY 1842 Diplodactylus spinigerus spinigerus — LOVERIDGE 1934 Diplodactylus spinigerus spinigerus — STORR 1988 Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Strophurus spinigerus inornatus (STORR 1988) Diplodactylus spinigerus inornatus STORR 1988 Strophurus inornatus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Strophurus spinigerus inornatus — KLUGE 1991 Strophurus spinigerus inornatus — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Strophurus spinigerus inornatus — DE LISLE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Australia (S/SW Western Australia) spinigerus: lower west coast and adjacent hinterland of Western Australia; Type locality: Houtman Abrolhos, WA. inornatus: SE coast and interior of Western Australia. Type locality: Frank Hann National Park, Western Australia, 32°58'S, 120° 06'E. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: lost; formerly Zoological Society (London) 383, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), in error. Kluge (1967) erroneously considered that BMNH 64.10.6.7 (formerly xxi.5a), from Abrolhos, collected by J. Gilbert (one of two specimens collected by Gilbert from that locality, the other BMNH xxi.3b) as the holotype. Holotype: WAM 78354, collected by B.G. Muir on 17 November 1980 [inornatus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A subspecies of D. spinigerus with a broad black median stripe on back and tail. (The species is distinguishable from all other Diplodactylus by the combination of two rows of long blackish spines on tail and very short or no spines above eye.) [from STORR 1988: 178] |
| Comment | Group: Diplodactylus strophurus group (subgenus Strophurus) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “spini” (= thorn) and “ger-” (= bearing). D. s. inornatus was named after the Latin word for unadorned. |
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