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Diplodactylus mitchelli KLUGE, 1963

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pilbara Stone Gecko 
SynonymDiplodactylus mitchelli KLUGE 1963: 548
Diplodactylus mitchelli —KLUGE 1993
Diplodactylus mitchelli — COGGER 2000: 222
Diplodactylus mitchelli — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: Pilbara and NW Cape regions)

Type locality: Coolawanyah Homestead, Pilbara Division, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R14823 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Diplodactylus mitchelli can be distinguished from all other members of the vittatus species group by its larger size, relatively large and flattened dorsal body seales and colour pattern (plate 34, B). (Kluge 1963)


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CommentGroup: Diplodactylus vittatus group. 
EtymologyNamed after Francis John Mitchell, former curator of Reptiles at the South Australian Museum. 
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.
  • Doughty, Paul; Oliver, Paul; Adams, Mark 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 24: 247-265 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Kluge, A. G. 1963. Three new species of the gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray from Australia. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 14: 545-553 - get paper here
  • Oliver, Paul; Andrew Hugall, Mark Adams, Steven J.B. Cooper and Mark Hutchinson 2007. Genetic elucidation of cryptic and ancient diversity in a group of Australian diplodactyline geckos: The Diplodactylus vittatus complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44 (1): 77-88 - 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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