Gehyra borroloola KING, 1984

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Borroloola Dtella
Synonym	Gehyra borroloola KING 1984 Dactyloperus borroloola — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Phyriadoria borroloola — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1989 Gehyra borroloola — KLUGE 1993 Gehyra borroloola — COGGER 2000: 237 Gehyra borroloola — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Gehyra borroloola — OLIVER et al. 2019
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria) Type locality: outcrop 4 km S of Balbirini Station turnoff on Barkly Highway N.T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NTM R 10726
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the small town of Borroloola on the edge of the species’ distribution.
References	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. Horner, P. 2005. Gehyra koira sp. nov. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies from the Ord-Victoria region of north-western Australia and a key to the Gehyra australis species complex. The Beagle 21: 165-174 - get paper here Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here King M 1984. The Gehyra australis species complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4) 1983: 147-169 - get paper here Oliver, P. M., Ashman, L. G., Bank, S., Laver, R. J., Pratt, R. C., Tedeschi, L. G., & Moritz, C. C. 2019. On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1), 81 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/gekkonidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Gehyra/borroloola Google images

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