Delma hades PEPPER, DOUGHTY, FLETCHER & KEOGH, 2025
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Delma hades
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| Higher Taxa | Pygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hellish Excitable Delma |
| Synonym | Delma hades PEPPER, DOUGHTY, FLETCHER & KEOGH 2025: 13 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Australia: Queensland: Two Rivers Homestead (-22.3964°, 139.9572°) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: QM J90655, collected on 22 April 2010 by M. Hutchinson, P. Oliver and D. Rabosky. Paratypes: SAMA R54465, Australia: Queensland: Burke and Wills Roadhouse dump, Queensland (-19.2264°, 140.3481°). SAMA R54015, Northern Territory: Barkly Roadhouse, Northern Territory (-19.7114°, 135.8278°). |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: A moderately-sized (to 95 mm SVL) member of the D. tincta species-group. In the eastern part of its distribution, it differs from the geographically adjacent D. reticulata by a plain head (vs. boldly patterned); elsewhere, it is indistinguishable from D. reticulata. Indistinguishable morphologically from D. tincta. It differs from D. branchia sp. nov. by lacking the series of ventrolateral transverse bars on the neck. Genetically diagnosed from all other members of the D. tincta species complex by 11 fixed differences (Appendix 2). Appendices 2–3 show the diagnostic positions and sequences for all comparisons as well as the position on the reference chromosome where it aligns to Gekko japonicus. (Pepper et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 1.16 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Pepper et al. 2025: 7 (Fig. 3) |
| Etymology | Named after the Greek god of the Underworld (or hell), in reference to the distribution of this taxon in broad sympatry, i.e. lying ‘underneath’, the distribution of D. tincta and the ‘hellish’ difficulty of distinguishing the two taxa in the absence of morphological markers. |
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